Combretaceae
Clusterleaf
Terminalia sericea
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Terminalia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Vaalboom
- Arabic
- هليلج حريري
- English
- Clusterleaf
- Tsonga
- Nkonono
Synonyms
- Myrobalanus brosogiana (Engl. & Diels) Kuntze
- Myrobalanus sericea (Burch. ex DC.) Kuntze
- Terminalia angolensis O.Hoffm.
- Terminalia brosigiana Engl. & Diels
- Terminalia bubu De Wild. & Ledoux
- Terminalia fischeri Engl.
- Terminalia nyassensis Engl.
- Terminalia sericea var. angolensis Hiern
- Terminalia sericea var. huillensis Hiern
Flowers
- In flower
- October to December (from 30 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.