Trees & Plants

Indian almond tree

Gobu gas, Midhili gas, Madhu gas

Terminalia catappa L.

Planted in homesteads and also naturalised The wood is soft. The kernel of the fruit is edible and has aphrodisiac activity. The leaves, bark and fruits are used to treat dysentery, coughs, asthma, leprosy and headache. Leaves are effective against intestinal parasites and also u

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uses: The wood is soft. The kernel of the fruit is edible and has aphrodisiac activity. The leaves, bark and fruits are used to treat dysentery, coughs, asthma, leprosy and headache. Leaves are effective against intestinal parasites and also used to treat or eye problems, rheumatism and wounds. Juice of the leaves and bark are useful in scabies, skin diseases, leprosy, throat and mouth problems and diarrhea.
family: Combretaceae
synonym: Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze, Terminalia badamia DC.
description: Trees, to 25 m high, often buttressed; bark brownish to grey; branches Th horizontal and whorled in young trees. Leaves simple, alternate, densely clustered × at the tip of branchlets, 13-35 6-20 cm, obovate, orbicular-obovate, base acute or attenuate, apex round or obtuse; lateral nerves 6-13 pairs; 2 glands prominent on either side at the base of the midrib beneath; petiole 8-15 mm long. Flowers polygamous, 4 mm across, sessile, white or yellowish-green, in axillary simple, pubescent racemes, 8-20 cm long. Calyx × tube 3-5 1-1.3 mm, pubescent, expanded portion cupular; lobes 5. Petals 0. Stamens 10; filaments 3-4 mm long. Fruits a drupe, × 3-7 2.5-4.5 cm, broadly ellipsoid to ovoid, brown or reddish-brown, glabrous, glossy. SATNAD .J.K/OAF
native range: Tropical Asia and the Pacific
distribution: Widely planted throughout the tropics
english names: Indian almond tree · Java almond · Pacific almond · Singapore almond
flowering fruiting: March - January
occurrence maldives: Planted in homesteads and also naturalised