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  • COMMON NAME: Atafa, Bengal Almond, Indian Almond, Malabar Almond, Singapore Almond, Tropical Almond.
  • ARABIC: بيذام - لوز
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Terminalia catappa L.
  • SYNONYMS: Badamia commersoni
  • FAMILY: COMBRETACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Abu-Dhabi , Dubai , Sharjah , Ras-Al-Khaimah , Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Landscape (L) Fruits (F)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Shrubs
  • HABITATS: Slope (Rocky) Slope (Stony)
  • TYPES: Perennial
  • REMARKS: A delicious and known fruit for locals (tasting slightly acidic).
https://www.floraofqatar.com/terminalia_catappa.htm Karim FM and Dakheel AG. Salt-tolerant plants of the United Arab Emirates. 2006. International Center for Biosaline Agriculture, Dubai, UAE. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:171034-1 V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021.
Highly salt tolerant up to half seawater salinity level. Ornamental plant. Edible fruit.

Large, bushy, green, semi-deciduous tree, up to 4 meters tall, with marked horizontal branches and round-headed crown. Leaves alternate, large,
leathery, obovate, entire, 15-25cm long, mostly turn bright red before they fall. Flowers small, usually in loose spikes, creamy-yellow. Calyx small, 5-lobed,
campanulate. Petals absent. Stamens 10, exserted, hairy. Style free, slender; stigma small. Fruit a nut, oval shaped, 2-3cm long, edible. 

Flowering in the spring.
Cultivated, Grows in different soils, mostly close to sea or in gardens, roadsides and parks.
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