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Terminalia tetraphylla

Buchenavia capitata

Also called Yellow Oliver, Yellow Sanders, Fourleaf Buchenavia

Family
Combretaceae (Combret family)
Grows as
Tree

About

Terminalia tetraphylla is species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae. It is a tree native to tropical Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, and to the Caribbean – Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago. Its Spanish vernacular names include granadillo (Puerto Rico), almendro (Colombia), amarillo and olivo negro (Venezuela), and mirindiba and periquiteira (Brazil). Its English vernacular name is fourleaf buchenavia.

Where it grows

The tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest. It is native to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

Other Terminalia plants

Buchenavia pabstii · Tropical Almond · Terminalia acuminata · Terminalia albida · White Olivier · Gum Ghatti · White olive · Terminalia archipelagi · Brown damson · Arjun · Crocodile Tree · Terminalia australis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia tetraphylla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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