Flowering Murdah
Terminalia paniculata
Also known as Flowering Murdels
About Flowering Murdah
Terminalia paniculata is a large-sized commercial timber tree endemic to Peninsular India, commonly distributed in Karnataka and Kerala. Terminalias are especially known for cyclic triterpenes, flavanoids and tannins and T. paniculata is the best source of tannins. The tree is commonly known as Kindal in terms of timber and Flowering Murdah in terms of ornamental purposes, locally known as Kindal (Hindi), Hanalu (Kannada), Kindal (Konkani), Vellamaruth (Malayalam), Pillai Maruth (Tamil), Pulimaddi (Telugu), Asvakarna (Sanskrit), Kinjal (Marathi), etc. Golden coloured flowers and deep red coloured fruits of T.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Terminalia paniculata
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Family
- COMBRETACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous fotests, also in the plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- kindal
- Tamil
- பூமருது Pumarutu, Vadamarudu, Venmaruthu
- Telugu
- Putanallamanu, చిరిమాను
- Kannada
- ಹುಲಿವೆ Hulive, ಹುಲುವೆ Huluve, ಹೊನಗಲು Honagalu
- Malayalam
- Pullamaruthu, Pumarutu, Maruthu
- Marathi
- Kindal, Kinjal, किंजळ
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Flowering Murdah belongs to the Combretaceae family.
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