Terminalia catappa is a tall deciduous and erect tree reaching 15-25 m, trunk 1-1.5 m in diameter. Bark grey-brown.

Leaves alternate obovate with short petioles, spirally clustered at the branch tips, 15-36 cm long, 8-24 cm wide, dark green above, paler beneath, leathery and glossy. They turn bright scarlet, dark red, dark purplish-red, or yellow. 

Flowers slightly fetid, greenish-white, very small, with no petals but 10-12 conspicuous stamens, arranged in several slender spikes 15-25 cm long in the leaf axils. 

Fruit hard, to 7 cm, green-red, rounded and flattened, egg-shaped, with 2 ridges but no wings, 2.5 x 3-6 cm long, yellow or reddish when ripe.

• Badamier
• Sea almond
• Tropical almond tree
• Pacific almond
• Indian almond
  
• Almendro malabar

• Southeast Asia, Australia
• Introduced in many countries (subtropical and tropical regions)

• Phenols, flavonoids, carotenoid

• Fruits: carotene, vitamine C, corilagin, brevifolin, carboxylic acid, ellagic acid, gallic acid, tann
• Leaves : chebulagic acid, eugeniin, gentisic acid, corilagin, geraniin, kaempferol, punicalagin, punicalin, quercetin, tercatain, tergallagin, terflavin
• Seeds: proteins, iron, ascorbic acid, arachidic acid, carotene, linoleic acid, myristic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid, phosphorus, potassium, niacin, riboflavin, thiamin

• Anti-aging
• Anti-microbial
• Anti-cancer
• Anthelminthic
• Antipyretic
• Anti-asthmatic
• Anti-inflammatory
• Antibacterial
• Anticoagulant
• Antifungal
• Antioxidant
• Antiseptic
• Antispasmodic
• Antiviral
• Digestive
• Diuretic
• Expectorant
• Hepato protective
• Hypoglycemic
• Lipid-lowering
• Pain killer