Terminalia laxiflora (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)

← Terminalia brownii

Bekele-Tesemma, Useful trees and shrubs for Ethiopia, 2007 Terminalia laxiflora (Bekele-Tesemma, 2007)

Trichilia dregeana →

Terminalia laxiflora Combretaceae Indigenous

Common names

• Agnuakgna: Pok
• Amargna: Baguri
• Mejengrgna: Jukul
• Oromugna: Debeka
• Sahogna: Baguwa

Ecology

This tree grows in Moist Bereha and Kolla agroclimatic zones in Gojam, Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gondar and Ilubabor within altitude ranges 400-1,500 m, annual rainfall 1,400-2,000 mm.

Use

Timber (house construction), utensils (for example pounding sticks), medicine (inner bark), bee forage.

Description

A large tree to a height of up to 15 m and a diameter of about 1 m.

• BARK: brownish, often fissured longitudinally.
• LEAVES: simple, alternate, margin entire, large in size about 9 cm wide and 20 cm in length, dark green inside and creamy green underneath, leathery, leaf petiole with distinct joint to the stem, hairy, about 3 cm long, protruding single midrib.
• FLOWER: creamy white, conspicuous like flowers of Cordia africana.
• FRUIT: in pods, 10 – 20 cm.

Propagation

Seedlings, Wildings

Seed

• Treatment: Remove pod.
• Storage: Can be stored if well dried and in insect-free containers.

Remark

Flowers in June to September and fruits in October to November.