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Terminalia is a genus of large wooded trees of the family Combretaceae, comprising around 100 species distributed in all tropical regions of the world. This genus gets it name from Latin Terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the tips of the shoots.

Trees of this species are known for being a major source of secondary metabolites, i.e. cyclic triterpenes and their derivatives, flavonoids, tannins and other aromatics. Some of these substances have antifungal, antibacterial, anticancer and hepatoprotective effects.

Species

• T. alata (T. elliptica, T. tomentosa) -- Indian laurel
• T. altissima (T. superba) -- white afara
• T. amazonia (T. hayesii, Chuncoa amazonia) -- white olive
• T. angustifolia (T. bentzoe, T. bentzoin)
• T. arborea (T. citrina)
• T. arenicola
• T. argentea
• T. arjuna (Pentaptera arjuna, Pentaptera glabra) -- arjuna, koha, white marudah
• T. bellirica (Myrobalanus bellirica) -- beleric (myrobalan)
• T. bialata -- Indian silver-grey wood, silver greywood .
• T. brassii
• T. brownii
• T. buceras (Bucida buceras) -- black olive
• T. calamansanai
• T. catappa -- Indian (Bengal/Singapore/Malabar/tropical) almond tree, tropical almond tree, myrobalan, umbrella tree
• T. chebula (T. reticulata) -- black myrobalan , chebulic myrobalan, ink nut. Varieties: chebula, tomentella.
• T. cherrieri
• T. ciliata
• T. copelandii (T. procera)
• T. corticosa (T. mucronata)
• T. edulis (T. microcarpa)
• T. erythrophylla (T. erythrophyllum)
• T. foetidissima (T. ovocarpa)
• T. franchetii (T. triptera)
• T. glabrescens
• T. glaucifolia
• T. ivorensis -- black afara , black bark, Brimstone wood, satin wood, Shingle wood
• T. kaernbachii (T. okari) -- okari nut
• T. macroptera
• T. molinetii (Bucida molinetii)
• T. muelleri
• T. myriocarpa
• T. nitens
• T. oblonga
• T. oblongata. Subspecies: oblongata
• T. oliveri
• T. paniculata
• T. pellucida
• T. phanerophlebia
• T. prunioides
• T. saffordii
• T. sericea
• T. tetrandra
• T. triflora
• T. trifoliata
• T. tripteroides