Kindal / Flowering Murdah
Terminalia paniculata
Also known as Flowering Murdels
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- August-January
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Terminalia paniculata
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Moist and dry deciduous fotests, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-January
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Variable
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
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
About Kindal
Flowering Murdah (Terminalia paniculata) is a tree belonging to the Combretaceae family (Indian almond family). Members of this family are generally characterised by alternate/opposite simple leaves, spike/raceme/head flower clusters, drupe/winged fruit. It is typically found in moist and dry deciduous fotests, also in the plains. It is native to India. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during August-January.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Kindal belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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