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Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Terminalia bellirica |
| Family name: |
COMBRETACEAE
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| English name: |
Myrabalans
Belliric Myrobalan
Bastard Myrobalan
Beach Almond
Bedda Nut Tree
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| Sinhala name: |
Bulu (බුළු)
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| Tamil name: |
Ahdan-Koddai
Tanti
Tanri
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| Sanskrit name: |
Vibhitaka
Akshah
Bahuvirya
Bibhitakah
Karshah
Vibhitakah
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Deciduous trees, to 35 m tall; bark gray, longitudinally ridged; Branchlets with conspicuous , spirally ascending leaf scars . Leaves spiraled, crowded into pseudo-whorls at apices of branchlets; petiole 3-9 cm, glabrous but ferruginous tomentose when young, especially at base, with 2 glands above middle ; leaf blade 18-26 ?? 6-12 cm, glabrous except ferruginous tomentose when young. Inflorescences axillary , simple spikes, 5-18 cm long, often grouped at branchlet apex and forming a panicle; axis densely ferruginous tomentose. Calyx tube distally shallowly cupular, 4-5 mm long. Fruit shortly stipitate, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid or ovoid , weakly to strongly 5-ridged, 2-3 ?? 1.8-2.5 cm, densely and finely velutinous or sericeous ; stipe about 2 mm long.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Available soon
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| Treatment for: |
Excessive thirst
Swellings
Vomiting
Urinary calculi
Skin diseases
Coughs
Asthma
Insomnia
Nervous system diseases
Impotence
Fevers
Eye diseases
Dropsy
Piles
Diarrhoea
Rheumatism
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Fruits (Outer Cover)
Seeds
Bark
Oil
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Stimulate hair growth
Mild diuretic
Purgative
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