Crocodile-Bark Tree
Terminalia crenulata
Also known as Black Murdah
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Terminalia crenulata
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Occasional on hills to 1400m, sometimes along river banks
- Habitat type
- Wetland
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- Wingedrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Crocodile-Bark Tree itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Crocodile-Bark Tree
Crocodile-bark tree (Terminalia crenulata) is a tree in the Combretaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and 5 other states. It grows in occasional on hills to 1400m, sometimes along river banks. Flowering and fruiting run from August to January.
Uses
It is long used in traditional medicine, cut for timber and furniture and a source of dye or tannin. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Crocodile-Bark Tree belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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