Terminalia glabrata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|taxon = Terminalia glabrata

|authority = G.Forst. (1786)

|synonyms = Myrobalanus glabrata {{small|(G.Forst.) Kuntze (1891)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171134-1 Terminalia glabrata G.Forst.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 December 2023.

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Terminalia glabrata is a species of flowering plant in family Combretaceae. In the Cook Islands it is commonly known as eastern tropical-almond, kauariki, or ‘enua.McCormack, Gerald (2007) [http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=6725# Terminalia glabrata | Polynesian Tropical-Almond] Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. It is a tree native to the Cook Islands, Marquesas Islands, Samoan Islands, Society Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, and Tubuai Islands in the South Pacific.

Terminalia glabrata is a tall broad-topped tree which sheds its leaves during the winter. It has large leaves (< 25 cm) which are wide-oval in shape and widest near the tip, and grow in terminal clusters. Fruits grow up to 4.5 cm in length, and are ovoid and flattened with blunt-edged wings.

In the Cook Islands it is native to the islands of Mangaia and Rarotonga, where it is widespread in interior slope forest from low to mid-elevations.

Four varieties are accepted:

• Terminalia glabrata var. brownii {{small|Fosberg & Sachet}} – Marquesas Islands
• Terminalia glabrata var. glabrata – Cook Islands, Samoan Islands, and Society Islands
• Terminalia glabrata var. haroldii {{small|(Exell) Fosberg & Sachet}} – Tubuai Islands
• Terminalia glabrata var. koariki {{small|(Exell) Fosberg & Sachet}} – Tuamotu Islands (Mangareva)