''Terminalia cunninghamii'', commonly known as pindan quondong, pindan walnut or kalumburu almond, is a tree or shrub of the family '' Combretaceae'' native to

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. Some Aboriginal people know the plant as kumpaja. The tree or shrub typically grows to a height of in height and is

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. It blooms between January and October producing white-yellow flowers. It will fruit after two or three years, the nut that is produced is edible and when uncooked tastes like almond but when roasted tastes more like cashew nuts. It is found among

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outcrops and on dunes in the

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region of Western Australia growing in sandy soils. A project is under way to cultivate the tree alongside orchards of gubinge (''Terminalia ferdinandiana'', aka Kakadu plum) in the Broome area.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17583060 Trees of Australia Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1923 cunninghamii