Terminalia oblongata

(Terminalia oblongata)

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Description

This tree can reach 45 m in height. It is not easy to find, it has a very valuable wood , its bole consists of large prawns, which is related to that is found in sites frequently flooded like the neighborhoods of rivers and ravines, has a smooth and exfoliating bark , which looks a lot To the tree of Psidium guajava , the guava tree. It consists of simple, alternate leaves , with greater width at its end, have brown stained trichomes in the armpits of the ribs on the underside. Its fruits consist basically of the embryo and of two wings, they are dry, of first they are of green color and when they mature they are bright coffees, And before leaving the tree they are alternated in branches. It has green to yellow flowers.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Myrtales
Family:Combretaceae
Genus:Terminalia
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