Kindal / Flowering Murdah
Terminalia paniculata
Also known as Flowering Murdels
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & 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
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Assam
- 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 Kindal itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
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
A member of the Combretaceae family, Flowering Murdah (Terminalia paniculata) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 6 other states. It grows in moist and dry deciduous fotests, also in the plains. Flowering and fruiting run from August to 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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