Combretaceae
Peruvian almond
Terminalia oblonga
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Terminalia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- هليلج بيضاوي
- English
- Peruvian almond
Synonyms
- Chuncoa diptera F.Dietr.
- Chuncoa oblonga Pers.
- Gimbernatea oblonga Ruiz & Pav.
- Gimbernatia oblonga Ruiz & Pav.
- Myrobalanus oblonga (Ruiz & Pav.) Kuntze
- Terminalia chiriquensis Pittier
- Terminalia obidensis Ducke
- Terminalia tarapotensis Van Heurck & Müll.Arg.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Mario Alfonso Morales Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tonpardoel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: eo19002, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: SINAC Pérez Greivin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Barthelemy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.