Tree Details

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Botanical Name	Terminalia catappa L.
Family Name	Combretaceae
Common Name	Natvadumai
Tamil Name	இந்திய பாதாம்
Life Form	Tree
Distribution	Tropical regions of Asia, Africa, and Australia
Botanical Distribution	Habit: A small tree with whorled, horizontal branches in successive tiers. Leaves: Alternate, obovate, oblong, pointed at apex, base rounded with a depressed gland on each side of the midrib, exstipulate. Inflorescence: Axillary solitary spikes. Flowers: Greenish-white, small, bracteoles minute, lanceolate. The upper flowers male, the lower hermaphrodite. Calyx-tube ovoid, teeth 4-5 triangular. Petals 0. Stamens 8-10, episepalous. Ovary: Ovary inferior, ovules pendulous, style awlshaped, stigma simple. Fruit: A fibrous drupe, oval or ellipsoid, compressed, with 2 elevated margins, convex on both sides.
Flowering and Fruiting	August - September
Key Compounds	populnetin, herbacetin, populneol, quercetin and its glycosides, kaempferol, glycosides, rutin, gossypol, beta-sitosterol, glycosides, nonacosane, lupenone, myricyl alcohol, lupeol and gossypetin
Medicinal Use	Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, and anticancer activities
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