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Division
|
Angiosperms |
Class
|
Dicotledons |
Subclass |
Polypetalae |
Series |
Calyciflorae |
Order |
Myrtales |
Family
|
Combretaceae |
Genus
|
Terminalia |
Species
|
chebula |
Botanical name:
|
Terminalia chebula Retz. |
Local/Trade Names: |
Chebulic Myrobalan, Harad, Harra. |
Conservation status: |
Occur wild also cultivated for fruits. |
Digonestic features: |
Fruit 5 ribbed. |
Description: |
A deciduous tree. Bark grey to blackish, rough, with shallow vertical furrows. Leaves 7-18 x 5-10 cm, elliptic or ovate-oblong, petiole usually with two or more glands near the top. Flowers dull white, ca 1.5 cm across. Fruit a drupe, 2.5-3.5 cm long, obovoid or ellipsoid, more or less 5-ribbed; stone bony, obscurely angled, rough with gum vessels on the walls. |
Phenology: |
Fls.: Hot season. Frts.: Jan.-Mar. Leafless: Feb.-Mar. |
Distribution: |
Abundant in Northern India from Uttarakhand to Bengal and southwards to the Deccan. Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Malaya. |
Where to see it: |
Gate No. 2 side and Flowering Tree Section. |
Uses: |
Dried flesh of the fruit, surrounding the kernel, is rich in tannin (30-32%) and is an important tanning material. Roots, bark and wood also contain tannin. Fruits laxative, stomachic, tonic, and alternative; form a constituent of triphala, an important Ayurvedic medicine used for a host of ailments. Laxative principle, a glycoside, may be similar to sennoside. Fruit pulp is used in dentifrices. Coarsely powdered fruit is smoked in asthma. Bark diuretic and cardiotonic. Kernels yield a fatty oil. Tree yields a gum. |
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