Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. This genus gets its name from Latin terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.
Terminalia ferdinandiana, also called the gubinge, billygoat plum, Kakadu plum, green plum, salty plum, murunga or mador, is a flowering plant in the family Combretaceae, native to Australia, widespread throughout the tropical woodlands from northwestern Australia to eastern Arnhem Land. It has a high concentration of vitamin C in its fruit: recorded concentrations of 2300–3150 mg/100 g wet weight and occasionally as high as 5300 mg/100 g, compared with 50 mg/100 g for oranges, ranks among the highest known of any natural source.
Wild plum is a common name for several trees with edible fruits, and may refer to:
The Kimberley tropical savanna is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northwestern Australia, covering portions of Western Australia and the Northern Territory south of the Timor Sea.
The Victoria Plains tropical savanna is a tropical and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in northwestern Australia.
Grevillea parallela, also known as silver oak, beefwood or white grevillea, is a tree native to northern Australia.
Terminalia microcarpa is a tree species in the family Combretaceae. It occurs in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Terminalia petiolaris, commonly known as blackberry tree or billygoat plum, or marool in the local Bardi language, is a species of plant in the Combretaceae family. It is endemic to the coast of the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia.
Eucalyptus platyphylla, commonly known as poplar gum or white gum, is a species of medium-sized tree that is endemic to Queensland. It has smooth. powdery bark, heart-shaped, egg-shaped to almost round leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and conical to hemispherical fruit.
Xanthorrhoea platyphylla is a species of grasstree of the genus Xanthorrhoea native to Western Australia.
Terminalia arostrata, commonly known as crocodile tree or nutwood, is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern parts of Australia.
Terminalia bursarina, commonly known as bendee, is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern parts of Australia.
Terminalia canescens, commonly known as joolal or winged nut tree, is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern parts of Australia.
Terminalia cunninghamii, commonly known as pindan quondong, pindan walnut or kalumburu almond, is a tree or shrub of the family Combretaceae native to Western Australia. Indigenous people know the plant as kumpaja.
Terminalia fitzgeraldii is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to Western Australia.
Terminalia grandiflora, commonly known as yalu, plumwood or nutwood, is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern Australia. The Nungali and Jaru peoples know the tree as badgari and the Wagiman know it as barnyin.
Terminalia hadleyana is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern Australia.
Terminalia latipes is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern Australia.
Terminalia platyptera is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern Australia.
Terminalia volucris, commonly known as rosewood, is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern Australia.
