Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. The genus name derives from the Latin word terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots. Selected species There are 282 accepted Terminalia species as of April 2021 according to Plants of the World Online. Selected species include: Terminalia acuminata (Fr. Allem.) Eichl. Terminalia albida Scott-Elliot Terminalia amazonia (J.F.Gmel.) Exell – white olive Terminalia arbuscula Sw. Terminalia archipelagi Coode Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. – arjuna, koha, white marudah Terminalia arostrata Ewart & O.B.Davies – crocodile tree Terminalia australis Cambess – palo amarillo, tanimbú Terminalia avicennioides Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb. – beleric Terminalia bialata (Roxb.) Steud. – Indian silver greywood, silver greywood Terminalia buceras Terminalia bucidoides Standley & L.O.Williams Terminalia bursarina – Bendee Terminalia calamansanai (Blanco) Rolfe Terminalia cambodiana Gagnep. Terminalia canescens (DC.) Radlk. – jalool Terminalia carolinensis Kaneh. Terminalia catappa L. – Indian almond, tropical almond, umbrella tree Terminalia chebula Retz. – black myrobalan, chebulic myrobalan, inknut Terminalia cherrieri McKee Terminalia circumalata F.Muell. Terminalia cunninghamii C.A.Gardner – Pindan quondong Terminalia eddowesii Coode Terminalia engleri Gere & Boatwr. – terenifù (West Africa to Cameroon) Terminalia elliptica Willd. – Indian-laurel Terminalia eriostachya A.Rich. Terminalia ferdinandiana Exell – billygoat plum, Kakadu plum, gubinge Terminalia fitzgeraldii C.A.Gardner Terminalia grandiflora Benth. Terminalia hadleyana W.Fitzg. Terminalia ivorensis A.Chev. – idigbo, black afara, blackbark, brimstone wood, shingle wood Terminalia januariensis DC. Terminalia kaernbachii Warb. – okari nut Terminalia kangeanensis Slooten Terminalia kuhlmannii Alwan & Stace Terminalia kumpaja R.L.Barrett Terminalia latifolia Sw. Terminalia latipes Benth. Terminalia littoralis L. Terminalia macroptera Guill. & Perr. Terminalia microcarpa Decne. Terminalia myriocarpa Terminalia neotaliala – Madagascar almond tree Terminalia nigrovenulosa Pierre Terminalia nitens C.Presl Terminalia novocaledonica Däniker Terminalia oblongata F.Muell. Terminalia paniculata Roth Terminalia parviflora Thwaites Terminalia pellucida C.Presl Terminalia petiolaris Benth. – maroolTerminalia phillyreifolia (Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.) Gere & Boatwr.Terminalia platyphylla F.Muell.Terminalia platyptera F.Muell.Terminalia porphyrocarpaTerminalia reitzii ExcellTerminalia rerei CoodeTerminalia richii A.GrayTerminalia schimperiana Hochst.Terminalia sericea Burch. ex DC. – silver terminaliaTerminalia superba Engl. & Diels – limbaTerminalia volucris'' Benth. References Myrtales genera Medicinal plants