Family: Combretaceae

Common Name: Madagascar Almond

Etymology - Genus: From the Latin terminus (end), referring to the leaves at the end of the shoots

Etymology - Species: *

Ecosystem: Evergreen

Origin: Foreign

Location: India

Description: Large deciduous tree with branches in circular layers forming a cone shape. Typical tree profile can be identified even from a distance.Simple leaves arranged in set of circles at each node.Small leaf size. Leaves are broad at the end and narrow at the base.Almost sessile flowers are tightly arranged on a peduncle in circular layers.Flowers are small greenish-with white very strong odour.Flowers don’t have petals.Fruit is small oval shaped.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.

Root type: Taproot-Woody hard

Stem Appearance: Tree

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture: Smooth

Root-Stem-Bark Description: Large deciduous tree with branches in circular layers forming a cone shape. Typical tree profile can be identified even from a distance.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Sessile

Stipules: Exstipulate

Leaf Type: Simple

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Simple leaves arranged in set of circles at each node.

Leaflet - Characters

Lamina: Obovate

Lamina Bases: Cuneate

Lamina Margins: Entire

Lamina Apices: Retuse

Lamina Texture: Glabrous

Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate

Leaflet Description: Small leaf size. Leaves are broad at the end and narrow at the base.

Fruit type: Drupe

Fruit type Description: Fruit is small oval shaped.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

Germination type: -

Dispersion Method: -

Preprocessing for germination: -

Germination time: -

Seed shelf life: -

Germination %: -

Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.