WorldFloraDB - Terminalia stenostachya

Characteristics

Small tree 5–12(–20) m. high or shrub 4 m. high; bark dark grey to black, rough, lattice-like; branches densely tomentose when young, becoming glabrous with greyish brown fibrous bark and prominent leaf-scars.. Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; lamina elliptic to oblong-elliptic, 11–20 cm.long, 4.5–11.5 cm. wide, apex acute to rounded, base obtuse to rounded or subcordate, coriaceous, tomentose when young, ± glabrescent; petiole 1.5–5 cm. long.. Inflorescences of axillary spikes 10–16 cm. long; peduncle 2.5–4 cm. long, tomentose.. Flowers cream, strong smelling; lower receptacle tomentose; upper receptacle sparsely pubescent.. Fruit dark red or crimson, oblong to narrowly elliptic, (3–)4–6 cm. long, 2.4–3.5 cm. wide, apex obtuse to rounded, base obtuse to truncate, minutely puberulous; stipe 5–6 mm. long.

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Leaves spirally arranged, petiolate; lamina 11–18(26) x 4·5–5·5(11·5) cm., coriaceous, elliptic to oblong-elliptic, tomentose when young, ± glabrescent and somewhat glaucous, sometimes bullate above, apex acute to rounded or subcordate: lateral nerves 8–12 pairs, prominent beneath; petiole 1–5–3 cm. long.

Small deciduous or semi-deciduous tree 5–12(20) m. high or shrub 4 m. high; crown rounded to flat-rounded; bark dark-brown to grey-black, fissured, rough, lattice-like; branchlets densely tomentose when young, glabrescent, with greyish-brown fibrous bark and prominent leaf-scars.

Fruit dark-red or crimson or yellowish-red, (3)4·5–6·2 x 2·4–3 cm., oblong to narrowly elliptic, minutely puberulous, apex obtuse to rounded, base obtuse to subtruncate, stipe 5–6 mm. long.

Inflorescences of axillary spikes 10–16 cm. long; peduncle 2·5–4 cm. long, tomentose.

Lower receptacle tomentose; upper receptacle sparsely pubescent.

Stamens 3 mm. long; anthers 0·5–0·6 mm. long.

Sepals deltate to triangular-acuminate.

Flowers cream, strong smelling.

Disk barbate.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter)	5.0 - 7.0
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Environment

Brachystegia woodland and wooded grassland; dry tree savannah with Acacia nigrescens; lake basin chipya; Acacia-Combretum-Terminalia savannah; scrub mopane; on heavy soils such as rich red soils and clay soils; at elevations of 450-1,400 metres.

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Usage

Uses	medicinal
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Therapeutic use	Snuff (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171404-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000408478
COL ID	7BRHM
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Terminalia splendida Terminalia stenostachya Terminalia verdickii Terminalia dielsii Terminalia mangela Terminalia rhodesica

WorldFloraDB 2024

Terminalia stenostachya Engl. & Diels

Species