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