✿Combretaceae · Terminalia
Safed Harra / White Gallnut
Terminalia pallida
Treeoutdoor
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- August-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Terminalia pallida
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- On hill tops of dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-November
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
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 Safed Harra itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- सफ़ेद हर्रा Safed Harra, सफ़ेद हरड़ Safed Harad
- Tamil
- Aymalikakkay, Aymalikam, Niraviyam
- Kannada
- ಬಿಳಿ ಕರಕ Bili karaka, ಬಿಳಿ ಹರಡೆ Bili Harade
- Malayalam
- വെള്ള കടുക്ക Vella Katukka
- Marathi
- पांढरा हिरड Paṇḍhara hiraḍ
About Safed Harra
A member of the Combretaceae family, White Gallnut (Terminalia pallida) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. It grows in on hill tops of dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Botanical family
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Safed Harra belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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