{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Speciesbox |image = Starr-091104-0675-Terminalia megalocarpa-flowers and leaves-Kahanu Gardens NTBG Kaeleku Hana-Maui (24869461042).jpg |image_caption = Flowers and leaves |status = NT |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name="IUCN">{{cite iucn |author=Jimbo, T. |year=2022 |title=''Terminalia megalocarpa'' |volume=2022 |article-number=e.T198440072A202836814 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T198440072A202836814.en |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> |genus = Terminalia |species = megalocarpa |authority = Exell }}
'''''Terminalia megalocarpa''''' is a rainforest tree of eastern New Guinea and Bougainville Island. It is in the family Combretaceae. Its common name is '''to-oma'''. Its most interesting feature is that its seeds, {{cvt|5|cm}} long, have five cotyledons rather than the two found in almost all other dicot plants.<ref>{{cite book | last= Coode | first= M.J.E. | date= 1969 | title= Manual of the Forest Trees of Papua and New Guinea - Combretaceae | location= Lae, PNG | publisher= Department of Forestry | page= 55}}</ref>
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megalocarpa Category:Trees of New Guinea
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