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Terminalia catappa L.

Ketapang; Indian almond, country almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, beach almond, false kamani.

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
Deutsch Ketapang
English Ketapang; Indian almond, country almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, beach almond, false kamani.
Français Badamier
Italiano Ketapang
Suomi Ketapang
Norsk Ketapang
Čeština Ketapang
Español Ketapang
Svenska Ketapang
Polski Ketapang
Український Ketapang
Român Ketapang
Русский Ketapang
Български Ketapang
EESTI Ketapang
日本語 Ketapang
Other names jelawai ketapang (MY), talisai (RP)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

Geographic Regions Indomalesia
States and Territories Virgin Isl. [I]; Sumatra; Banaba [Ocean] Isl.; Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; St. Vincent [I]; Surinam [I]; Palau (Babeldaob, Koror, Ngarakabesang, Urukthapel, Ngeanges, Angaur, Sonsorol, Tobi); Borneo; Turks & Caicos Isl. [I]; Fed. States of Fed. States of Micronesia (Yap, Ulithi, Fais, Eauripik, Woleai, Ifalik, Nomwin, Truk, Moen, Dublon, Tol, Piis, Namoluk, Lukunor, Satawan, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi, Ant, Pohnpei, Pingelap, Kosrae); St. Barthélémy [I]; American Samoa (Manua Isl., Tutuila, Aunu'u, Ofu, Olosega, Ta'u); Saba [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Iles Glorieuses [I]; Jamaica [I]; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; tropical Africa [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl.; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; Sulawesi; Guinea [I]; Somalia [I]; Cook Isl. (Rarotonga); Ecuador [I]; Guam; Sri Lanka; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo] [I]; Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.); Tobago [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Java; Venezuela [I]; Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl., Barren Isl.); [Western] Samoa (Aleipata Islands, Upolu, Savaii); New Caledonia [I]; Wake Isl.; Rodrigues; Mozambique Channel Isl. [Iles Éparses] [c] (Ile Europa [c], Juan de Nova Isl. [c]); Rotuma Isl.; China (Guangdong, Hainan, SE-Yunnan); São Tomé [I]; Honduras [I]; Cuba [I]; Barbados [I]; Trinidad [I]; Nepal; Bahamas [I]; Marquesas Isl. (Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka, Ua Pou, Hiva Oa, Mohotan, Fatu Hiva); Volcano Isl. (Kita-Iwojima, Iwojima); Cambodia; Moluccas; Niue; Antigua [I]; Myanmar; Anguilla [I]; Galapagos [I]; Mozambique [I]; India; French Guiana [I]; SE-Brazil [I] (Minas Gerais [I], São Paulo [I]); Bolivia [I]; Chad [I]; Seychelles; Australia (Northern Territory: Arnhem Land, coastal Queensland, Torres Strait Isl.); New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Grenada [I]; NE-Brazil [I] (Bahia [I]); Viet Nam; Peru [I]; peninsular Malaysia (all coasts); Mexico [I]; Hawaii [I] (Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Maui [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]), USA [I] (Florida [I]); Society Isl. (Mopelia Atoll, Tahiti, Raiatea, Tetiaroa Atoll); Philippines (throughout); Cocos [Keeling] Isl.; Dominica [I]; N-Line Isl. (Palmyra Atoll, Teraina, Tabueran, Kiritimati); Puerto Rico [I]; Pitcairn Isl.; Yemen (SW-Yemen, Aden Desert, SE-Yemen: coastal Hadhramaut); Brunei; Pakistan [I]; Montserrat [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Mauritius; Colombia [I]; Bangladesh; Benin [I]; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Nauru; S-Brazil [I] (Paraná [I]); WC-Brazil [I] (Mato Grosso do Sul [I]); Martinique [I]; Gabon [I]; Belize [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Bonin Isl. (Keetaajima, Nakohdojima, Chichijima, Anijima, Otohtojima, Hahajima); Madagascar; Togo [I]; Phoenix Isl. (Kanton); Marshall Isl. (Kwajalein, Likiep, Arno, Jaluit); St. Eustatius [I]; Taiwan; Cape Verde Isl. (Sao Vicente Isl., Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Sao Tiago); Tonga (Late Isl., Tongatapu, 'Eua, Lifuka, Tafahi, Niuatoputapu); N-Brazil [I] (Pará [I], Amazonas [I], Acre [I]); Panama [I]; Gilbert Isl. (Tarawa, Nonouti); Annobon Isl. [I]; La Reunion; Principe Isl. [I]; Haiti [I]; Chagos Arch. (Diego Garcia); Cameroon [I]; Northern Marianas (Maug, Asuncion, Agrihan, Pagan, Alamagan, Guguan, Sarigan, Anatahan, Farallon de Medinilla, Saipan, Tinian, Rota); Tuamotu Arch. (Anaa, Rangiroa, Makatea Isl., Takapoto Atoll, etc.); Burkina Faso [I]; Maldives; Bismarck Arch.; Saint Lucia; Isla del Coco [I]; Fiji
[I] = Introduced
[c] = Commercially cultivated

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Combretaceae
Genus Terminalia
Species catappa
Author citation L.
Scientific name Terminalia catappa L.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/comtespt.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Growth ring boundaries indistinct or not recognizable
Strip in the heartwood Ohne Farbstreifen
Color heartwood braun und rot und gelb

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.21-0.60 kg/m3

Appearances

Wood

Ketapang;  Indian almond, country almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, beach almond, false kamani.

, 74x40mm ,

Bark

Ketapang;  Indian almond, country almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, beach almond, false kamani.

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Seed

Ketapang;  Indian almond, country almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, beach almond, false kamani.

, Seeds , ©Dennis Wilson

Fruit

Ketapang;  Indian almond, country almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond, beach almond, false kamani.

, Fruit , ©Dennis Wilson