Terminalia megalocarpa
Species of tree
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Terminalia megalocarpa is a rainforest tree of eastern New Guinea and Bougainville Island. It is in the family Combretaceae. Its common name is to-oma. Its most interesting feature is that its seeds, 5 cm (2.0 in) long, have five cotyledons rather than the two found in almost all other dicot plants.[2]
| Terminalia megalocarpa | |
|---|---|
| Flowers and leaves | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
| Genus: | Terminalia |
| Species: | T. megalocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Terminalia megalocarpa Exell | |