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Terminalia australis

Terminalia australis
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Terminalia australis is a South American tree or large shrub of river gallery forests, reaching about 12 m tall, valued mainly for its fine yellow-ochre wood. It is rarely grown in gardens, and its care needs are inferred from its subtropical riverside habitat.

Family
Combretaceae (Combret family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam; tolerates periodic flooding in its native habitat.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Brazil to NE. Argentina
Climate
subtropical

About

Terminalia australis is a South American species of large shrub or tree, which reaches up to 12 m in height and 40 cm in diameter. It inhabits the basins of the Paraná River and the Uruguay River around the Argentine Mesopotamia, Paraguay and Uruguay, and part of the Río de la Plata.

The common names of this tree, in Spanish, include the adjective amarillo ("yellow") due to the yellow-ochre colour of its wood: amarillo, palo amarillo, amarillo del río, etc.

Other Terminalia plants

Arjun · Myrobalan · Black Olive · Terminalia calamansanai · Tropical-almond · Myrobalan · Terminalia dhofarica · Indian Laurel · Kakadu Plum · Ivory Coast almond · Terminalia macroptera · Terminalia mantaly

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia australis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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