{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Speciesbox |image = Starr-120606-6983-Terminalia microcarpa-leaves-Kahanu Gardens Hana-Maui (24848957490).jpg |image_caption = ''Terminalia microcarpa'' in Hawaii |image2 = Kalumpit, a native fruit.jpg |image2_caption = Edible ''kalumpit'' fruits in the Philippines |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author= Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2019 |title= ''Terminalia microcarpa'' |volume=2019 |article-number= e.T62763A146622548 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T62763A146622548.en |access-date=26 December 2022}}</ref> |genus = Terminalia |species = microcarpa |authority = Decne. |synonyms = ''Terminalia sericocarpa'' <small>F.Muell.</small> }}
'''''Terminalia microcarpa''''' is a tree species in the family Combretaceae. It occurs throughout the Philippines, in parts of Malaysia and Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Borneo, Timor, and the Maluku Islands), Papua New Guinea, possibly the Bismarck Archipelago, and northern Australia.<ref>{{cite web |title=''Terminalia microcarpa'' Decne. |url=https://prota4u.org/prosea/view.aspx?id=4719 |website=PROSEA |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref><ref name=APNI>{{cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Terminalia+microcarpa|title=''Terminalia microcarpa'' |access-date=18 July 2013 |website= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra}}</ref><ref name=GRIN>{{GRIN | accessdate=18 July 2013}}</ref> It is cultivated on a small scale in the Philippines, where the edible sweet and tart plum-like fruits are eaten as is or are traditionally made into jams, jellies, and wines.<ref name="Ungson">{{cite journal |last1=Ungson |first1=L.B. |title=Character variation in Terminalia microcarpa Decne.: morphology and phenology of mature trees and early seedling growth |journal=Asian International Journal of Life Sciences |date=2001 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=45–54 |url=https://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=PH2001101313}}</ref><ref name="Aranas">{{cite news |last1=Aranas |first1=Hannah |title=''Terminalia microcarpa'' Decne |url=https://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2012/07/24/831042/terminalia-microcarpa-decne |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=The Philippine Star |date=24 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kalumpit - ''Terminalia microcarpa'' |url=http://www.fruitipedia.com/2018/12/kalumpit_terminalia-microcarpa/ |website=Fruitipedia |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref>
The species was formally described in 1834 by French botanist Joseph Decaisne. In the Australian Plant Census, ''Terminalia sericocarpa'' F.Muell. is regarded as a synonym of this species.<ref name=APNI/> Common names in Australia include '''bandicoot''', '''sovereignwood''', '''damson''' and '''damson plum'''.<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |author1=F.A.Zich |author2=B.P.M.Hyland |author3=T.Whiffen |author4=R.A.Kerrigan |author2-link=Bernard Hyland |year=2020 |access-date=3 June 2021 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Terminalia_microcarpa.htm |title=''Terminalia microcarpa'' |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government}}</ref> It is known as '''''kalumpit''''' in the Philippines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuartxchange.org/Kalumpit.html|title=Kalumpit, Terminalia microcrpa, Batangas Cherry: Philippine Medicinal Herbs / Philippine Alternative Medicine|website=www.stuartxchange.org|access-date=2017-03-10}}</ref>
The tree typically grows to a height of {{convert|12|to|30|m|ft|0}} in height and is deciduous. It blooms between September and October producing cream flowers.<ref name=FloraBase>{{FloraBase|name=Terminalia microcarpa|id=17025}}</ref>
It is found around springs and creeks and in rocky creek beds in the Kimberley region of Western Australia<ref name=FloraBase/> and extending across the top end of the Northern Territory and tropical areas of Queensland growing in sandy-loam-clay soils.
==See also== * Damson
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microcarpa Category:Trees of Malesia Category:Trees of New Guinea Category:Flora of the Northern Territory Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Rosids of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1834 Category:Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne
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