Terminalia catappa

species of flowering plant
Taxon taxon Q271179
Terminalia catappa
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Summary

Terminalia catappa is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,727 views/month, #1,212 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Terminalia[5]
  • Taxon name: Terminalia catappa[6]
  • Has use: afforestation[7], medicinal plant[8], wood[9], building material[10], food[11]
  • Commons category: Terminalia catappa[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Terminalia catappa[13]
  • Commons gallery: Terminalia catappa[14]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[15], https://www.gbif.org/dataset/31dc1507-a6e1-4233-a8df-c7a78596a7e4[16]
  • Described by source: Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1)[17]
  • GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=36334[18]
  • Short name: T. catappa[19]
  • Taxon common name: tropical-almond[20], 欖仁[21], 榄仁[22], 榄仁树[23], 山枇杷树[24], 榄仁树子[25], 榄仁树皮[26], 榄仁树叶[27], Amendoeira-da-praia[28], beach almond[29], Indian almond[30], sea almond[31]
  • Has fruit type: drupe[32]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[33]
  • Taxon author citation: L.[34]

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Identifiers

Terminalia catappa's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 62821[35]. Terminalia catappa's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 39993[36]. Terminalia catappa's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 582724[37]. Terminalia catappa's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3189394[38]. Terminalia catappa's ITIS TSN is recorded as 27762[39].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Terminalia catappa include Talisay[40], a component city[41], in Philippines[42], founded in 1648[43].

Why It Matters

Terminalia catappa has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for it include Talisay[40], a component city[41], in Philippines[42], founded in 1648[43].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. Retrieved . gbif.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [36] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [37] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [38] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1). wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 53(1). wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . uenf.br. uenf.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . WildNet. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . WildNet. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . WildNet. wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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