Terminalia catappa
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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...
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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...
- Citation: S. Ojolo, A. Ogundare, A. Adesina, and O. Ibhadode. 2018. Development of almond seed extractor for whole kernel recovery. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal, 20(4): 195–201. Almond seed extraction from whole kernel recovery is a process which is usually performed...
- Kahandage, P. D. & Mabl, Pathirana & Weerasooriya, G.V.T.V. & Piyathissa, s.D.s & Charithangi, M. & Kosgollegedara, E.J.. (2022). Nut Cracking Machine for Terminalia catappa (Tropical Almond/ Kottamba). 6. 30-35. Tropical almond (Terminalia catappa) is an underutilized crop...
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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...
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Eat the Weeds BotanicallyTerminalia catappa(ter-mih-NAIL-ee-uh kuh-TAP-uh) it is not related to the edible almond. No doubt the tree gets it common name from the seed pods which look like large unshelled three-inch almonds and from the seed/kernel which resembles almonds. Unlike true almonds...
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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...
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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 ].
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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...
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Rare Fruit Club Australia A medium to large deciduous tree, 12-25m high with grey-brown bark and whorls of almost horizontally tiered pagoda-like branches 1-2 m apart. Alternate glossy and coriaceous simple and entire obovate leaves clustered towards branch tips on short petioles are large,...
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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.