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Terminalia myriocarpa
Also called Hollock, Jhalna
Terminalia myriocarpa, the East Indian almond, is a large deciduous tree of the Combretaceae family, native from the Himalaya to southern China and northern Sumatra. It is grown mainly as a shade or timber tree in wet tropical climates, not as a houseplant.
Terminalia myriocarpa, the East Indian almond, is a tree species in the genus Terminalia found in Southeast Asia.
The phenolic compounds methyl (S)-flavogallonate, gallic acid, methyl gallate, ethyl gallate, 2,3-di-O-[(S)-4,5,6,4′,5′,6′-hexahydroxybiphenyl-2,2′-diyldicarbonyl]-(α/β)-D-glucopyranose, vitexin, isovitexin, orientin, iso-orientin, kaempferol 3-O-β-D-rutinoside, rutin, neosaponarin, ellagic acid, flavogallonic acid and (α/β)-punicalagin can be isolated from the leaves of T. myriocarpa.
The larvae of the moth Acrocercops terminaliae feed on T. myriocarpa.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia myriocarpa 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.
