Botanical Name

Terminalia chebula

Family

Combretaceae

Sanskrit name

Hareetaki

English name

Black Myrobalan

Hindi name

Harra

Kannada name

Alalekaayi

Habit

Tree

Habitat

Mountain slopes, river side, valleys and lower seasonal rain forests

Plant Description

Deciduous tree with fissured dark brown bark. Young shoot covered with dense hair. Leaf; elongated with prominent midrib and lateral veins. Flowers; greenish white in terminal or axillary spikes, emit foul smell. Fruit; drupe, woody, slightly 5 angled, single seed.

Distribution

South East Asia

Part Used

Fruit.

Medicinal uses

Rejuvenative. Used in eye diseases, diabetes, cough, skin diseases, tuberculosis, sore throat.