Terminalia nitens

Description

Terminalia nitens is a species of plant in the Combretaceae family. It is found in Japan and the Philippines. It is threatened by habitat loss. Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering plant family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. The genus name derives from the Latin word terminus, referring to the fact that the leaves appear at the very tips of the shoots.