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Terminalia arostrata Ewart & O.B.Davies
Crocodile Tree

Reference
Fl.N.Territory 212, 372 (1917)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Deciduous or semi-deciduous tree, 4.5-12 m high. Fl. white & orange & red, Jul or Oct to Nov. Heavy soils, alluvium. Seasonal swamps, basaltic plains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 February 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.