Terminalia canescens, commonly known as joolal, winged nut tree,[1] or wingnut, and also known by its Aboriginal name djilanydjin in north-western Australia,[2] is a tree of the family Combretaceae native to northern parts of Australia.
Leaf blades are narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate in shape with length of 28 to 75 millimetres (1.10 to 2.95 in) and a width of 5 to 35 mm (0.20 to 1.38 in).
[1] It is found in a variety of habitats over laterite or sandstone in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and the Northern Territory growing in sandy-stony soils.
[5][better source needed] A 2017 report by the Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food, showed antioxidant levels similar to or exceeding those of green tea in a sample of Terminalia canescens prepared as Jilungun Tea.
[6] A project is under way as of 2021[update] to cultivate the tree alongside orchards of gubinge (Terminalia ferdinandiana, aka Kakadu plum) in the Broome area.