{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{speciesbox |name = Pindan quondong |status = |status_system = |genus = Terminalia |species = cunninghamii |authority = C.A.Gardner |synonyms = }}
'''''Terminalia cunninghamii''''', commonly known as '''pindan quondong''', '''pindan walnut''' or '''kalumburu almond''',<ref name=herb>{{cite web|url=http://herbalistics.com.au/product/terminalia-cunninghamii-pindan-walnut-seed/|title=Terminalia cunninghamii – Pindan Walnut (seed)|accessdate=16 July 2017|publisher=Herbalistics}}</ref> is a tree or shrub of the family ''Combretaceae'' native to Western Australia.<ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=Terminalia cunninghamii|id=5302}}</ref> Some Aboriginal people know the plant as '''kumpaja'''.<ref name=herb/>
The tree or shrub typically grows to a height of {{convert|1.5|to|8|m|ft|0}} in height and is deciduous. It blooms between January and October producing white-yellow flowers.<ref name=FloraBase/> It will fruit after two or three years, the nut that is produced is edible and when uncooked tastes like almond but when roasted tastes more like cashew nuts.<ref name=herb/>
It is found among sandstone outcrops and on dunes in the Kimberley region of Western Australia growing in sandy soils.<ref name=FloraBase/>
A project is under way {{as of|lc=yes|2021}} to cultivate the tree alongside orchards of gubinge (''Terminalia ferdinandiana'', aka Kakadu plum) in the Broome area.<ref name=broome2021>{{cite web | last=Mills | first=Vanessa | title=Why superfruits could see this red dirt field in Broome deliver an annual, $5m crop within years | website=ABC News| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date=16 August 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-16/superfruit-orchard-opens/100380444 | access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
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Category:Trees of Australia Category:Flora of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1923 cunninghamii