Terminalia alata

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Cardiotonic, Sore, Styptic, Diuretic

Science studied: BETULINIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Combretaceae

Scientific name: Terminalia alata

Common names: Cluster-leaf Trees, Cluster-leafs, Mirobálanos o almendros tropicales, Myrobalanen, Terminalio, Tropical Almond, Viršūkliai, ketapanit, tropical almond, vrcholiak, vrcholák, Терминалия, หูกวาง หูกระจง ฯลฯ, モモタマナ属, 榄仁属, 榄仁树属, 欖仁樹屬, 诃子属

History

The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Cardiotonic
• Sore
• Styptic
• Diuretic
• Diarrhea

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Elsewhere

Documented cultural uses

• Cardiotonic
• Sore
• Styptic
• Diuretic
• Diarrhea

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• Polygenic genomic differentiation underlies trait syndromes in sympatric morphotypes of Terminalia alata without clear population structure · 2026 source ↗
• Individual Diameter Growth Modeling of <i>Terminalia alata</i> (B. Heyne. ex Roth) in Terai Arc Landscape of Nepal. · 2024 source ↗
• Two phenological variants of Terminalia alata coexist in a dry dipterocarp forest · 2018 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• BETULINIC-ACID

Legality

Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.

Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.

Reference images

Sources

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

Contributions and revisions

No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.