Terminalia catappoides C.T. White & Francis

A fairly large tree up to 40 m tall, bole straight and cylindrical, usually short but sometimes up to 23 m long, up to 115 cm in diameter, with many large buttresses up to 2 m high, bark surface shallowly longitudinally cracking and flaking into small oblong pieces, grey or brown, inner bark pinkish; Leaves obovate, 15-40 cm x 4.5-18 cm, usually subcordate at base, sparsely pubescent and sometimes minutely verrucose below, with (20-)23-30 pairs of secondary veins, petiole very short, up to 10 mm long. Flowers in an axillary spike 22-50 cm long, calyx tube fulvous-sericeous; fruit ovoid to ellipsoid, 3.5-6 cm x 2.2-3 cm, nearly glabrous when mature, sometimes flattened or faintly 5- lobed.

T. copelandii is found in primary forest and swamp forest, both inland and in coastal regions

T. copelandii has proven to grow well in monocultures.

Erosion control: It has potential to stabilize river banks

Timber: The wood is used, e.g. for house construction, canoe making and veneer; the tree is also planted. Food: The kernels of the fruits are edible.