Terminalia megalocarpa

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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]

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Terminalia megalocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
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T. megalocarpa
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Terminalia megalocarpa
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