''Terminalia arostrata'', commonly known as crocodile tree or nutwood, is a tree of the family ''

Combretaceae The Combretaceae, often called the white mangrove family, are a family of flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, G ...

'' native to northern parts of Australia. The tree typically grows to a height of in height and

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...

to semi-deciduous. It blooms between July and November producing white, orange and red flowers. The tree has a rounded crown and pendulous branches and produces edible seeds. The leaves are long and wide and has beaked fruit that persists year round. The species was first described by

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

s Alfred James Ewart and O.B.Davies in 1917 in ''The Flora of the Northern Territory''. It is found on flat to slightly undulating places in swampy areas and on

basalt Basalt (; ) is an aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the planetary surface, surface of a terrestrial ...

ic plains in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, the

Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...

and

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growing in alluvium and heavy soils.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17583097 Trees of Australia Flora of Western Australia Flora of Queensland Flora of the Northern Territory Plants described in 1917 arostrata