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Terminalia chebula Retz.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Terminalia chebula |
| Family name: |
COMBRETACEAE
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| English name: |
Chebulic Myrobalan
Gall Nut
Ink Nut
Myrabalans
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| Sinhala name: |
Aralu (අරළු)
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| Tamil name: |
Kadukkay
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| Sanskrit name: |
Harithaki
Abhaya
Kayastha
Jivapriya
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| Conservation status: |
LC - Least Concerned - NRL - 2020
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| Description: |
Trees to 30 m tall; branchlets conspicuously white or yellowish long lenticellate , glabrous, hairs tawny , rarely silvery. Leaves alternate or subopposite, spaced along branchlets; petiole 1-3 cm long, with 2(-4) glands 1-5 mm below apex; leaf blade 7-18 ?? 4.5-10 cm, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary or terminal , simple spikes, 5-10 cm long, numerous flowered, sometimes grouped at branchlet apex and forming a panicle. Flowers slightly fragrant, bisexual. Fruit not stipitate , blackish brown when ripe , ovoid or broadly so, ellipsoid , or cylindric-ovoid, obtusely 5-ridged, 2-4.5 ?? 1.2-2.5 cm, rigid , becoming deeply wrinkled when dry, glabrous.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Native
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| Edible parts: |
Seed leaf/ Cotyledon
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| Treatment for: |
Dental caries
Bleeding gums
Fevers
Eye diseases
Piles
Dropsy
Sores
Chronic dysentery
Worm infestation
Swellings
Haemorrhoid
Jaundice
Colds
Coughs
Catarrh
Anorexia
Flatulence
Abdominal discomfort
Eczemas
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Pericarp of the fruit
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Cardio tonic
Purgative
Stimulate liver functions
Diuretic
Pacifies vitiated thridoshas
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