Medicinal plant details
Terminalia chebulaRetz.
(Haritaki)
| Common name | Haritaki |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | Dry and moist deciduous forests |
| Parts used | Fruit |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Myrobalanus chebula (Retz.) Gaertn. |
| 2 | Myrobalanifera citrina Houtt. |
| 3 | Myrobalanus tomentella Kuntze |
| 4 | Terminalia argyrophylla King & Prain |
| 5 | Terminalia aruta Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don |
| 6 | Terminalia tomentella Kurz |
| 7 | Terminalia glandulipetiolata De Wild. |
| 8 | Buceras chebula (Retz.) Lyons |
| 9 | Combretum argyrophyllum K.Schum. |
| 10 | Terminalia chebula var. tomentella (Kurz) C.B.Clarke |
| 11 | Myrobalanus gangetica (Roxb.) Kostel. |
| 12 | Terminalia acuta Walp. |
| 13 | Terminalia gangetica Roxb. |
| 14 | Terminalia reticulata B.Heyne ex Roth |
| 15 | Terminalia chebula var. chebula |
| 16 | Myrobalanifera fertilis J.F.Gmel. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Genus | Terminalia |
| Species | Terminalia chebula Retz. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Haritaki, Abhaya |
| English | Myrobalan |
| Hindi | Harad, Harre, Harar |
| Kannada | Alalekai |
| Marathi | Hirda, Haritaki, Harda |
| Malayalam | Katukka |
| Bengali | Haritaki |
| Tamil | Ammai, Pethiyam |
| Telugu | |
| Urdu | Halela |
Morphology
Deciduous tree with 50-80 feet in height. Bark is 5-6 mm thick, dark brown to black with irregular flakes. Leaves alternate-opposite, ovate or elliptic obovate, with two large glands at the top of the petiole. Flowers are simple or branched axillary spikes, bisexual, and yellowish white in color, with unpleasant odour. The fruits or drupe is about 1-2 inches in size, woody, oboviod, obscurely 5 angled. Fruit is green-yellowish in color
Distribution
Distributed throughout India except Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh
Medicinal uses
Asthma, sore throat, vomiting, hiccough, diarrhoea, bleeding, piles and gout, heart and bladder diseases
References
| 1 | Joshi, V. K., Joshi, A., and Dhiman, K. S. (2017). The Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India, development and perspectives. Journal of ethnopharmacology, 197, 32-38. |
| 2 | Sofia, N.H., Walter, T.M., Merlin, V. K. H., Manickavasakam K. (2017). Phyto Pharmacology and Ethnomedical Approach of Terminalia chebula (Kadukkaai): A Review, Scholars Academic Journal of Pharmacy (SAJP). 6, 446-453 |