''Terminalia bursarina'', commonly known as bendee, is a tree of the family ''

Combretaceae The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 530 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in ca 10 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, ''Combret ...

'' native to northern parts of Australia. The erect and straggly tree typically grows to a height of in height and has deeply fissured bark. It blooms between June and September producing white-yellow flowers. The species is very similar to ''

Terminalia canescens ''Terminalia canescens'', commonly known as joolal, winged nut tree, or wingnut, and also known by its Aboriginal name djilanydjin in north-western Australia, is a tree of the family ''Combretaceae'' native to northern parts of Australia. Descr ...

'' but has smaller leaves and fruits. It is in rock crevices and in river beds in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Aust ...

growing in sandy-stony soils over

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17583085 Trees of Australia Flora of Western Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Plants described in 1861 bursarina Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller