Terminalia myriocarpa

Terminalia myriocarpa, the East Indian almond, is a tree. It lives in Southeast Asia.

Animals
The moth Acrocercops terminaliae hatches out of its egg as a larva.  It looks like a worm.  When it is a larva, it lives on and eats T. myriocarpa.

Chemistry
People found chemicals called phenolic compounds in this tree's leaves. Their names are methyl (S)-flavogallonate, gallic acid, methyl gallate, ethyl gallate, 2,3-di-O-[(S)-4,5,6,4′,5′,6′-hexahydroxybiphenyl-2,2′-diyldicarbonyl]-(α/β)-D-glucopyranose, vitexin, isovitexin, orientin, iso-orientin, kaempferol 3-O-β-D-rutinoside, rutin, neosaponarin, ellagic acid, flavogallonic acid, and (α/β)-punicalagin.Pharmacologically Active Ellagitannins from Terminalia myriocarpa. Mohamed S.A. Marzouk, Sayed A.A. El-Toumy, Fatma A. Moharram, Nagwa M.M. Shalaby and Amany A.E. Ahmed, Planta Med, 2002, 68(6), pages 523-527, 

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