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Terminalia muelleri

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Terminalia muelleri
Leaves and fruit
At Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
Species:
T. muelleri
Binomial name
Terminalia muelleri
Synonyms[1]
  • Myrobalanus muelleri (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Terminalia glabra R.Br. ex Benth.
  • Terminalia microcarpa F.Muell.
  • Terminalia muelleri var. minor Benth.

Terminalia muelleri, the Australian almond, is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae.[2] It is native to the Cobourg Peninsula of the Northern Territory, and to northern and eastern Queensland, Australia, and it has been introduced to El Salvador, and to southern Florida.[1] It is used as a street tree in a number of cities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Cairns, Australia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Terminalia muelleri Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  2. ^ Wunderlin, R. P.; Hansen, B. F.; Franck, A. R.; Essig, F. B. (2023). "Terminalia muelleri". Atlas of Florida Plants. Tampa: Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ Ossola, Alessandro; Hoeppner, Malin J.; Burley, Hugh M.; Gallagher, Rachael V.; Beaumont, Linda J.; Leishman, Michelle R. (2020). "The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities". Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29 (11): 1907–1914. doi:10.1111/geb.13169. S2CID 225429443.