Terminalia platyphylla, commonly known as wild plum, is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern Australia.
Thrives on seasonally innundated cracking black soil. decidious, but flushing dense canopy with first rains.
Red Tailed Black Cockatoos feed on the nuritious seed kernel later in the dry season.
Mawilyen
Common name | Wild Plum |
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Origin | Katherine Local |
Life form | Tree |
Katherine planting | highly suited |
Height | height greater than 10m |
Lifespan | long-lived |
Irrigation | not required |
Termite | susceptable |
Current status | common & self propogated |
Planting success | 0 |
Suitable for | Red SoilRiver LeveeBlack Soil |