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Tree 18, photograph 1 of 3TREE 18

Photographs by Aniq

Indian almond

Terminalia catappa

A wide crown rises over the path. Plants occupy the branch junctions, while exposed roots spread through the leaf litter below.

KetapangFerns growing on trunkBest match for visible features

Observations

A wide crown rises over the path. Plants occupy the branch junctions, while exposed roots spread through the leaf litter below.

About this identification

Ferns cloak the trunk, but the host's own large, paddle-shaped leaves and the blanket of orange-brown fallen leaves around its root flare identify it as a ketapang rather than the fern-draped rain tree nearby.

Identified from photographs of bark, leaves, fallen litter and epiphytes against the Malaysian campus-tree flora. Moderate and tentative records would be settled by a close-up of flowers or fruit.

Species reference: Terminalia catappa