Terminalia Latipes
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''Terminalia latipes'' is a tree of the family '' Combretaceae'' native to northern Australia. The tree or shrub typically grows to a height of in height and is
deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...
. It blooms between October and February producing white flowers. It is found among rocky outcrops and on hills, floodplains and coastal dunes in the
Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a ...
region of Western Australia growing in sandy-loam-clay 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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latipes ''Latipes'' is a genus of air-breathing land slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Veronicellidae, the leatherleaf slugs. Species Species within the genus ''Latipes'' include: * ''Latipes pterocaulis ''Latipes'' i ...
Trees of Australia Flora of the Northern Territory Rosids of Western Australia Plants described in 1864 Taxa named by George Bentham