BOTANIC DESCRIPTION
Terminalia catappa is a tall deciduous and erect tree reaching 15-25 m, trunk 1-1.5 m in diameter, often buttressed at the base. Whorls of nearly horizontal, slightly ascending branches spaced
1-2 m apart in tiers, or storeys, up the trunk. The pagoda-like habit becomes less noticeable as
the branches elongate and droop at the tips. Bark grey-brown, rough with age.