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Australian almond

Terminalia muelleri

Also called Mueller's Damson

In Singapore: Australian Almond, Muellers Terminalia, West Indian Almond (Grown in Singapore)

Australian almond
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Terminalia muelleri is a deciduous tree from northern Australia, grown as a street and shade tree in warm, humid tropical and subtropical cities. It is a large species that needs room and a warm, frost-free climate.

Family
Combretaceae (Combret family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then reduce to moderate watering once established; tolerates wet tropical seasons.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of a range of soil types.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
N. Northern Territory (Cobourg Pen.), N. & E. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Terminalia muelleri, commonly known as Mueller's damson or the Australian almond, is a deciduous species of tree in the family Combretaceae. It is native to the Cobourg Peninsula of the Northern Territory, and to northern and eastern Queensland, Australia, and it has been introduced to India, Florida, and the Central Americas. It is used as a street tree in a number of cities, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and Cairns, Australia.

Other Terminalia plants

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

[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 muelleri 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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