Plantation Drive 2026 by
HAMILTON HOUSEWARES PVT. LTD., DNH
in Collaboration with
Pollution Control Committee, DNH & DD
Badam
Terminalia catappa
- Tree Name
- Badam
- Botanical Name
- Terminalia catappa
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Common / Alternate Name
- Badam, Desi Badam, Jangli Badam, Indian Almond
- Planted By
- 264) HAMILTON HOUSEWARES PVT.LTD.,Sayli,DNH & DD
- Age
- 2 years
- Height
- 8 ft
- Appearance
- Medium to large deciduous tree with tiered, horizontally spreading branches; large obovate leaves that turn red before falling
- Flower & Fruits
- Small greenish-white flowers in terminal spikes; fruit an ovoid drupe, greenish-yellow to reddish, with hard shell and edible kernel similar to almond
- Common Uses
- Ornamental avenue and coastal tree; edible nuts and oil; timber for building; leaves for fodder and silk-worm feed; traditional medicine for skin diseases, headache, diarrhoea, fever
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