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Terminalia mantaly H. Perrier

Family Name:	Combretaceae
Common Name:	Madagascar Almond, Umbrella Tree, 小叶欖仁

Full Sun

Moderate Water

Herb or Spice

Suitable for Roadsides

Drought Tolerant

Tree

Terminalia mantaly, closeup view of leaves (left: upper side, right: lower side)

Terminalia mantaly, greenish flowers on inflorescence spike

Terminalia mantaly, trunk showing brownish lenticels

Terminalia mantaly, unopened flower buds along inflorescence stalk

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Classifications and Characteristics

Plant Division	Angiosperms (Flowering Seed Plants) (Dicotyledon)
Plant Growth Form	Tree (Medium (16m-30m), Small (6m-15m))
Lifespan (in Singapore)	Perennial

Mode of Nutrition	Autotrophic
Plant Shape	Tiered
Maximum Height	10 m to 20 m
Maximum Plant Spread / Crown Width	10 m to 15 m

Biogeography

Native Distribution	Madagascar
Native Habitat	Terrestrial (Riverine)
Preferred Climate Zone	Sub-Tropical / Monsoonal

Description and Ethnobotany

Others - Plant Morphology	Small to medium tree, 10-20m height. Crown arranged in layered tiers. Bark smooth, mottled pale grey with protruding brownish lenticlels (streaks or spots).Leaves slightly glossy green, spathulate, uneven to crenate margins. Flowers small, greenish, no petals, clustered along erect inflorescence spikes (up to 5cm long). Fruits smooth, wingless drupes, green when unripe. Flowers and fruits seldom observed in Singapore.Suitable as ornamental tree along streets and in parks, due to formal neat appearance, especially majestic if planted in masses. Used for reforestation in native Madagascar. Fast-growing on good sites.
Ethnobotanical Uses	Food (Herb or Spice) Others: Bark & wood used for treating dysentery, dyeing & tanning.

Others - Plant Morphology

Small to medium tree, 10-20m height. Crown arranged in layered tiers. Bark smooth, mottled pale grey with protruding brownish lenticlels (streaks or spots).Leaves slightly glossy green, spathulate, uneven to crenate margins. Flowers small, greenish, no petals, clustered along erect inflorescence spikes (up to 5cm long). Fruits smooth, wingless drupes, green when unripe. Flowers and fruits seldom observed in Singapore.Suitable as ornamental tree along streets and in parks, due to formal neat appearance, especially majestic if planted in masses. Used for reforestation in native Madagascar. Fast-growing on good sites.

Ethnobotanical Uses

Food (Herb or Spice)
Others: Bark & wood used for treating dysentery, dyeing & tanning.

Landscaping Features

Landscape Uses	General, Suitable for Roadsides, Riverine, Shade Providing Tree / Palm, Container Planting
Thematic Landscaping	Formal Garden

SGMP Treatment

Plant Care and Propagation

Light Preference	Full Sun, [Remarks] (Drought-tolerant when established)
Water Preference	Moderate Water, [Remarks] (Drought-tolerant when established)
Plant Growth Rate	Fast

Rootzone Tolerance	Easy to Grow, Drought Tolerant
Maintenance Requirements	Low
Propagation Method	Stem Cutting

Foliar

Foliage Retention	Evergreen
Mature Foliage Colour(s)	Green
Mature Foliage Texture(s)	Smooth, Glossy / Shiny, Thin

Foliar Type	Simple / Unifoliate
Foliar Arrangement Along Stem	Whorled
Foliar Shape(s)	Non-Palm Foliage (Spathulate)
Foliar Venation	Pinnate / Net
Foliar Margin	Entire - Wavy / Undulate, Crenate
Foliar Apex - Tip	Obtuse, Rounded
Foliar Base	Cuneate
Typical Foliar Area	Microphyll ( 2.25cm2 - 20.25 cm2 )
Leaf Area Index (LAI) for Green Plot Ratio	3.0 (Tree - Intermediate Canopy)

Non - Foliar and Storage

Trunk Type (Non Palm)	Woody
Bark Colour(s)	Mottled pale grey, protuding brownish streaks or spots
Mature Bark Texture	Smooth, Lenticellate

Stem Type & Modification	Woody
Root Type	Underground (Tap Root, Fibrous Root)

Floral (Angiosperm)

Flower & Plant Sexuality	Bisexual Flowers
Flower Colour(s)	Green
Flower Size - Remarks	Small, clustered along erect inflorescence spike, no petals

Inflorescence Type	Spike
Flowering Habit	Polycarpic

Fruit, Seed and Spore

Fruit Classification	Simple Fruit
Fruit Type	Fleshy Fruit , Drupe

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Master ID	1469
Species ID	2762
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