Terminalia myriocarpa
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|image_caption = Terminalia myriocarpa (flowers). Location: Maui, Puaa Kaa
|genus = Terminalia
|species = myriocarpa
|authority = Van Heurck and Mull.Arg.{{cite book |last=van Heurck |first=Henri |date=January 1870 |title=Observationes botanicae et descriptiones plantarum novarum herbarii van heurckiani |language=French, Latin |location=Anvers |publisher=Félicien Baggerman |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBolAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA215 |page=215}}
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Terminalia myriocarpa, the East Indian almond,{{PLANTS|id=TEMY|taxon=Terminalia myriocarpa|accessdate=8 December 2015}} is a tree species in the genus Terminalia found in Southeast Asia.
Ecology
The larvae of the moth Acrocercops terminaliae feed on T. myriocarpa.
Chemistry
The phenolic compounds methyl (S)-flavogallonate, gallic acid, methyl gallate, ethyl gallate, 2,3-di-O-[(S)-4,5,6,4′,5′,6′-hexahydroxybiphenyl-2,2′-diyldicarbonyl]-(α/β)-D-glucopyranose, vitexin, isovitexin, orientin, iso-orientin, kaempferol 3-O-β-D-rutinoside, rutin, neosaponarin, ellagic acid, flavogallonic acid and (α/β)-punicalagin can be isolated from the leaves of T. myriocarpa.Pharmacologically Active Ellagitannins from Terminalia myriocarpa. Mohamed S.A. Marzouk, Sayed A.A. El-Toumy, Fatma A. Moharram, Nagwa M.M. Shalaby and Amany A.E. Ahmed, Planta Med, 2002, 68(6), pages 523-527, {{doi|10.1055/s-2002-32549}}
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Category:Plants described in 1871
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