Terminalia muelleri

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(Mueller’s Damson)

FAMILY

Combretaceae

Species

Terminalia muelleri

Common name

Mueller’s Damson

Flower colour; life form

White; tree

Campus

Cairns

Description

This tree usually grows in coastal areas; leaves are obovate to about 15 x 8 cm, dull on the upper surface wheras in T. sericocarpa they are shiny. Domatia which take the form of hair tufts are conspicuous in the axils of the main lateral veins and the midrib. Fruit is shortly beaked, about 2 x 1.5 cm.

Additional image

Image of flower of Terminalia muelleri