Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_terminalia_myriocarpa
East Indian Almond
Terminalia myriocarpa
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About East Indian Almond
East Indian Almond (Terminalia myriocarpa) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Its checklist classification is naturalized; current extent is unassessed. Native from the Himalaya through southwestern China to northern Sumatra, especially evergreen hill and streamside forest. Its small winged fruits are adapted to wind movement. Bishop Museum and Smithsonian document naturalized Kauaʻi occurrence; a separate 1910–1960 forestry ledger documents historical planting but not current abundance.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence. The 1918–1959 Kauaʻi reforestation working register records 4,240 plants under Terminalia myriocarpa across 5 entries dated 1928–1958. These are recorded planting quantities, not counts of surviving trees, and they do not by themselves establish current persistence, naturalization, or ecological impact. Source: Kauaʻi Reforestation Plantings 1918–1959 working register (user-supplied; reconciled 6 October 2026).
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Terminalia myriocarpa
- Common names
- East Indian Almond
- Other names
- Terminalia myriocarpa · East Indian almond · Myrobalanus myriocarpa
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Present island-wide abundance, occupied habitat, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects have not been quantified; no invasive severity is inferred from checklist, Polynesian-introduction, forestry, or planting status.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Many small flowers in large panicles mature into two-winged dry fruits dispersed by wind. Local pollinators, fruiting phenology, dispersal distance, and seedling recruitment are unknown.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- East Indian Almond (Terminalia myriocarpa) is an introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Its checklist classification is naturalized; current extent is unassessed. Native from the Himalaya through southwestern China to northern Sumatra, especially evergreen hill and streamside forest. Its small winged fruits are adapted to wind movement. Bishop Museum and Smithsonian document naturalized Kauaʻi occurrence; a separate 1910–1960 forestry ledger documents historical planting but not current abundance.
Sources and further reading
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171264-1
- https://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200014754
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/tr75.pdf
- https://editedimages.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Imadaetal.2025Hawaiianvascularplants.xlsx
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043
- https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/47617.pdf