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Terminalia tetraphylla
Terminalia tetraphylla is species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae. It is a tree native to tropical Central and South America, from Costa Rica to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil, and to the Caribbean – Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, and Trinidad and Tobago. Its Spanish vernacular names include granadillo (Puerto Rico), almendro (Colombia), amarillo and olivo negro (Venezuela), and mirindiba and periquiteira (Brazil). Its English vernacular name is fourleaf buchenavia.
From the article Terminalia tetraphylla on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Terminalia tetraphylla grows to a height of 60 to 80 ft and 2 to 4 ft in diameter; has rather large buttresses, but has good log form above them.
Wikipedia: “Characteristics”
Range & habitat
The tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest. It is native to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1048743.