Terminalia CHEBULA Retz.
| Synonym : | Buceras chebula (Retz.) Lyons Myrobalanus gangetica (Roxb.) Kostel. Terminalia acuta Walp. Terminalia reticulata Roth. |
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| Bangla Name : | Haritaki, Hartaki. ,Horttal, Oittal (Chakma), Kaho (Mogh), Artak (Garo). |
| English Name : | Black Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan, Ink Nut, Gall nut. |
| Family : | Combretaceae |
| Disease : | stomachic, tonic, carminative, expectorant , antidysenteric, asthma, sore throat, heart, piles, leucoderma, constipation, painful menstruation and indigestion,ulcers, wounds, fever, urinary diseases, rheumatism, flatulence, hiccup, colic, astringent, aper |
| Description : | A medium-sized to large, deciduous tree, 25-30 m high. Leaves sub-opposite or alternate, ovate-oblong or elliptic, 7-18 cm long, shortly acuminate, base rounded or cuneate. Flowers small, 4 mm across, yellowish-white, sessile in terminal or in the axillary short spikes from the uppermost leaves. Fruit a drupe, ovoid from a cuneate base, 2.5-5.0 cm long, more or less 5-angled. |
| Distribution : | Dhaka, Chittagong, Tangail, cultivated in many parts of the country. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Tannins, steroidal triterpenoids, flavonoids, glycosides, resins, proteins, amino acids, reducing sugars and minerals are present in the plant. Fruits contain about 30% of an astringent substance which is a mixture of tannins, tannic acid, betulinic acid, |
| Uses : | Fruits are stomachic, tonic, carminative, expectorant and antidysenteric, useful in asthma, sore throat, stomatitis, heart diseases, bleeding piles, leucoderma, constipation, painful menstruation and indigestion, applied externally to chronic ulcers and w |
| Habit : | Tree |