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  1. Key Resource 01-01-2007 By Dr. F. W. Martin. Published in parts, 1989 and 1994; Revised 1998 and 2007 by ECHO Staff Though nearly all plants are useful in some way, they are not equally valuable. For example, wheat, rice and corn may be considered the most valuable plants in the world based on the vast acreage planted...  
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  3. Useful Tropical Plants Terminalia catappa is a fast-growing deciduous or semi-evergreen tree, usually growing about 15 metres tall with specimens up to 40 metres recorded[324 , 451 , 658 ]. The canopy has a pagoda-like habit when young, but this becomes less noticeable as the tree ages and the...
     
  4. This species is accepted, and its native range is Comoros, Madagascar, Tropical & Subtropical Asia to Pacific, N. Australia. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, has environmental uses and social uses, as animal food, a poison and a medicine and for fuel and food.
     
  5. Indian almond is native from India through South-East Asia, where it is common throughout the area, but apparently rare in Sumatra and in Borneo. Indian almond is commonly planted in northern Australia, Polynesia, as well as in Pakistan, India, East and West Africa, Madagascar and the lowlands of...
     
  6. CABI Invasive Species Compendium T. catappais a perennial tree species that has been extensively introduced into littoral habitats, coastal forests, gardens and parks to be used as an ornamental, shade tree, and sand-dune stabilizer (Orwa et al., 2009;ISSG, 2017). This species has become of the...
     
  7. A mid-canopy tree in areas just inland from ocean beaches, near river mouths, and on coastal plains. These areas are typically flat, but they may have dunes or rocky bluffs[303 , 653 ]. Sandy or rocky beaches[451 ].
     
  8. Citation :Quartey, G. (2022) Mechanical Properties ofTerminalia catappafrom Ghana.Materials Sciences and Applications,13, 334-341. doi:10.4236/msa.2022.135018. Ghana is rich in forest resources, of whichTerminalia catappa, a wood species of common occurrence is one. Even though sometimes it is...
     
  9. Seeds Edible parts : Kernel, Nuts, Nuts-oil, Fruit A large tree up to 25-40 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The trunk can be straight or twisted. There can be buttresses up to 3 m tall. The branches lie horizontally and come out in layers. The leaves are long, smooth and shiny with...  
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