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In Singapore: Madagascar Almond, Umbrella Tree, 小叶欖仁, Variegated Madagascar Almond, 银叶诃子 (Grown in Singapore)
Terminalia mantaly, the Madagascar almond or umbrella tree, is a fast-growing tree from Madagascar that forms a layered canopy up to about 20 m tall. It is grown mainly as a shade and street tree in warm subtropical and tropical areas, and it needs plenty of space and a warm, sunny position.
Terminalia mantaly, known as the Madagascar almond or umbrella tree, is a species of plant in the family Combretaceae first described in 1953 by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie, native to shrubland and forest in Madagascar from sea level to 500 m, and has been introduced to Comoros, Mauritius, Gambia, Guinea, India, Sumatra, Taiwan, and southern China. It is a fast-growing tree with smooth mottled gray bark and a layered canopy to about 20 m (66 ft) tall, with a fleshy drupe as fruit, and is used as an ornamental tree along streets and parks in subtropical and tropical locations. The cultivar 'Tricolor' is grown for its leaves irregularly edged in cream, which are pinkish-red when young.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia mantaly 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.
