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Indian Almond Tree Also known as the Sea Almond or Tropical Almond, this Almond tree is among one of the most common trees throughout India, Malaysia and many other parts of SE Asia, growing wild as well as cultivated for its striking features as well as its tasty nut.
This tree has a characteristic pagoda shape because it sends out a single stem from the top centre. When the single stem reaches a good height, it sends out several horizontal branches. It can get very large reaching 30m in ideal conditions.
A decidious tree it can shed its leaves twice a year. In Autumn the leaves turn into colours of red, copper, gold. The tree first drops its leaves when it reaches 3-4 years old. The grey fissured, flaky but not ridged.
The fruits are almond-shaped and green turning brown to purple when ripe. The fibrous shell surrounds an edible nut. This shell helps the fruit to float as the seed is dispersed by water.
The nuts are edible, taste very much like almonds although it can be a challenge to remove the flesh from the hard stone. Unlike the commercial almond, the Sea Almond can be eaten raw. Oil extracted from the dried nuts is edible and used in cooking (South America).
175mm | $22.75 AU | Seeking Propagation Material | 
| Height | Frost tol. | Pollination req'd | Evergreen/Deciduous | Harvest period |
| 8-20 | Low | No | December - February |
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Terminalia catappa is known as "Baadam chettu" in Telugu. I would appreciate if you added it to the list of common names in other languages. | Narasimham Ayalasomayajula - Sacramento, CA 07-Jan-2007
The leaves of this tree are used to serve food, providing bio-degradable dinner plates! | Lakshmi Modali - Hampton, VA 13-Mar-2007
Called Almendro (the tree) or Almendra (the fruit) in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. | Sylvia Cardona - Cumming, GA 13-May-2007
Used to treat water in fish tanks, containing betta's reduces stress levels in fish and lowers ph of water. also eliminates harmfull chemicals in the water. | Random_ Chaos - Durban, R.S.A 26-May-2007
This can be used as hair oil | Jamal - Puttalam, SRILA 20-Jun-2007
In Nehan Language Nissan Island Bougainville PNG It is called "Talisa" | Daniel - Nissan Island, PNG 30-Jun-2007
We discovered this beautiful tree whilst staying in Fiji where it is referred to as the Tivi tree | Shannon - Perth, WA 03-Aug-2007
In tropical australia, they are a favourite tree for black cocatoos. If you love your wildlife, this is a magnificent tree to grow | Rhaya Jordan - Townsville, QLD 26-Sep-2007
Indian almond is commonly known in GA[a language in Ghana] as 'brofo nkatie' | Barnabas Yaw Klu - Accra, GHANA 16-Dec-2007
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