Terminalia muelleri

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Terminalia muelleri
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Leaves and fruit
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
Species:
T. muelleri
Binomial name
Terminalia muelleri
Synonyms [3]
  • Myrobalanus muelleri(Benth.) Kuntze
  • Terminalia glabraR.Br. ex Benth.
  • Terminalia microcarpaF.Muell.
  • Terminalia muelleri var. minorBenth.

Terminalia muelleri, commonly known as Mueller's damson or the Australian almond, is a deciduous species of tree in the family Combretaceae. [4] [5] It is native to the Cobourg Peninsula of the Northern Territory, and to northern and eastern Queensland, Australia, and it has been introduced to India, Florida, and the Central Americas. It is used as a street tree in a number of cities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Cairns, Australia. [6]

References

  1. "Terminalia muelleri". Wildnet. Queensland Government. 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  2. "Terminalia muelleri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Terminalia muelleri Benth". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  4. F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Terminalia muelleri". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  5. Wunderlin, R. P.; Hansen, B. F.; Franck, A. R.; Essig, F. B. (2023). "Terminalia muelleri". Atlas of Florida Plants. Tampa: Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  6. Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. Bibcode:2020GloEB..29.1907O. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID   225429443.