Terminalia myriocarpa

Terminalia myriocarpa, the East Indian almond,[2] is a tree. It lives in Southeast Asia.

Terminalia myriocarpa
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Terminalia myriocarpa (flowers). Location: Maui, Puaa Kaa
Scientific classification e
Unrecognized taxon (fix): Plantae
Order: Myrtales
Genus: Terminalia
Species:
T. myriocarpa
Binomial name
Terminalia myriocarpa

Animals

The moth Acrocercops terminaliae hatches out of its egg as a larva. It looks like a worm. When it is a larva, it lives on and eats T. myriocarpa.

Chemistry

People found chemicals called phenolic compounds in this tree's leaves. Their names are methyl (S)-flavogallonate, gallic acid, methyl gallate, ethyl gallate, 2,3-di-O-[(S)-4,5,6,4′,5′,6′-hexahydroxybiphenyl-2,2′-diyldicarbonyl]-(α/β)-D-glucopyranose, vitexin, isovitexin, orientin, iso-orientin, kaempferol 3-O-β-D-rutinoside, rutin, neosaponarin, ellagic acid, flavogallonic acid, and (α/β)-punicalagin.[3]

References

  1. van Heurck, Henri (January 1870). Observationes botanicae et descriptiones plantarum novarum herbarii van heurckiani (in French and Latin). Anvers: Félicien Baggerman. p. 215.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. "Terminalia myriocarpa". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  3. Pharmacologically Active Ellagitannins from Terminalia myriocarpa. Mohamed S.A. Marzouk, Sayed A.A. El-Toumy, Fatma A. Moharram, Nagwa M.M. Shalaby and Amany A.E. Ahmed, Planta Med, 2002, 68(6), pages 523-527, doi:10.1055/s-2002-32549

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