Terminalia microcarpaDecne.

WFO wfo-0000408867 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by Steve Fitzgerald
fig. a Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-01-23 / obs. 110866396
Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by coenobita
fig. b coenobita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31374408
Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by Steve Fitzgerald
fig. c Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 110866412
Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by coenobita
fig. d coenobita, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31374435
Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. e Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176855862
Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. f Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164491621
Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. g Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 176855881
Terminalia microcarpa, photographed by Matthew Borella
fig. h Matthew Borella, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164491643

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Native range 13 botanical countries

Regions where Terminalia microcarpa is native: Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Is., Sulawesi, Sumatera, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia Bismarck ArchipelagoBorneoJawaLesser Sunda Is.MalukuNew GuineaPhilippinesSolomon Is.SulawesiSumateraNorthern TerritoryQueenslandWestern Australia
Native distribution of Terminalia microcarpa, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bismarck Archipelago BIS ASIA-TROPICAL
Borneo BOR
Jawa JAW
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Maluku MOL
New Guinea NWG
Philippines PHI
Solomon Is. SOL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Northern Territory NTA AUSTRALASIA
Queensland QLD
Western Australia WAU

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Licania columbarum Stehlé & Quentin
  • Myrobalanus edulis (Blanco) Kuntze
  • Myrobalanus javanica (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Myrobalanus microcarpa (Decne.) Kuntze
  • Myrobalanus sericocarpa (F.Muell.) Kuntze
  • Terminalia angustifolia Blanco
  • Terminalia edulis Blanco
  • Terminalia faveolata C.T.White & W.D.Francis ex Lane-Poole
  • Terminalia foveolata C.T.White & W.D.Francis
  • Terminalia foveolata C.T.White & W.D.Francis ex Lane-Poole
  • Terminalia intermedia Span.
  • Terminalia javanica Miq.
  • Terminalia sericocarpa F.Muell.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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