| Terminalia pendula | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
| Genus: | Terminalia |
| Species: | T. pendula |
| Binomial name | |
| Terminalia pendula (Edgew.) Gere & Boatwr. | |
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Terminalia pendula is an Asian species of tree in the familyCombretaceae. It is a medium-sized tree found in both primary and secondary tropical and sub-tropicalforests. It is recorded from India to China, south to Thailand and Vietnam.[3] It may be one of the dominant species ofseasonal tropical forests ofVietnam.[4] In Yunnan it is found in rocky limestone areas, near sea level to 700 m (2,300 ft).[5] Besides timber uses, the bark of this species has a high tannin content.[citation needed]
A 2017 article embedded genera includingAnogeissus intoTerminalia;[6] there are now three varieties of this species:[3]
In China, where it is known as 榆绿木 (yu lü mu), these trees grow to 20 m (66 ft) tall with a trunk to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in diameter at breast height.[5] In Myanmar they may be larger: up to 30 m (98 ft) tall and up to 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) girth, with a straight and cylindrical trunk.[9] The branchlets are slightly pendent, slender, together with petioles and leaf blades goldenvillous when young. Thepetioles are cylindrical, 2–6 mm and theleaf blades arelanceolate to narrowly so, 40-80 × 10–30 mm long, grey-green on the back and pilose mostly in the axils of lateral veins. They are green andglabrous to glabrescent on the leaf surface. The leaf base is narrowed or obtuse, the apexacuminate. There are five to seven inconspicuous lateral veins in pairs.[5]
The flowers are numeroussessile onflower heads 9–13 mm in diameter;bracts are easily deciduous and linear, 4–5 mm long. Thecalyx tubes are approximately 5 mm long, abaxially yellow pubescent, densely so on ovary and tubular part, and more sparsely so on the cup-shaped part. The filaments are 3–4 mm long. The fruits are approximately 6 × 5 mm long including a "beak". They are ferruginous pubescent distally and on the beak.
Terminalia pendula flowers between February and March in Bangladesh and Thailand.[citation needed]
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