Taxon: Terminalia amazonia (J. F. Gmel.) Exell

Genus:

Terminalia

Family:

Combretaceae

Subfamily:

Combretoideae

Tribe:

Combreteae

Subtribe:

Terminaliinae

Nomen number:

311526

Place of publication:

A. A. Pulle, Fl. Suriname 3:173. 1933

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

18-ene-2002 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-oct-2018

Species priority site is:

Accessions:

2 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Synonyms:

Basionym: Chuncoa amazonia J. F. Gmel.
(=) Terminalia hayesii Pittier

Common names:

white-olive (Source: Ency WTimber) - English
nogal amarillo (Source: Trees Peru) - Spanish
guayabo (Source: Trees Peru) - Spanish (Colombia)
guacharaco (Source: Trees Peru) - Spanish (Venezuela)

Economic Importance:

Materials: wood (timber fide Trees Peru; Ency WTimber)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

Mexico (s.)

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru

References:

Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997 (L Guianas ed2)
Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980 (Ency WTimber)
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993 (L Peru)
Encarnación, F. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú. 1983 (Trees Peru)
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. 1999 (L Ecuador)
Killeen, T. J. et al. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. 1993 (Trees Bolivia)
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3). (F Nicaragua)
Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. Flora of Panama. 1943-1980 (F Panama)

Check other web resources for Terminalia amazonia (J. F. Gmel.) Exell :

TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=311526. Accessed 7 junio 2026.