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Terminalia paniculata Roth

Combretaceae (rangoon creeper family) » Terminalia paniculata Roth

 

ter-min-NAY-lee-uh -- from Latin terminus (end), referring to leaves at the end of shoots

pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh or pan-ick-yoo-LAH-tuh -- referring to the flower clusters (panicles)

 

commonly known as: flowering murdah, paniculate winged myrobalan • Kannada: ಕಿಮ್ದಳ kindal • Konkani: किंडल kindal, किंझोळ quinzol • Malayalam: മരുത് maruth, പുല്ലുമരുത് pullumaruth, തേമ്പാവ് theempaav • Marathi: किंजळ kinjal • Tamil: பில்லைமருது pillai-marutu, புல்லமருது pullamarutu, பூமருது pu-marutu • Telugu: పులిమద్ది pulimaddi, పుటకరక్కాయ putakarakkaaya

 

Endemic to: Western Ghats (India)

 

 

References: Flowers of IndiaNPGS / GRINDDSA

 

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Uploaded on December 30, 2014
Taken on December 23, 2014