Medicinal plant details
Terminalia arjuna(Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
(Arjuna)
| Common name | Arjuna |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | Moist deciduous to evergreen forests. Banks of the streams |
| Parts used | Stem bark |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Myrobalanus cuneata (B.Heyne ex Roth) Kuntze |
| 2 | Pentaptera obovata DC. |
| 3 | Pentaptera glabra Roxb. |
| 4 | Pentaptera angustifolia Roxb. |
| 5 | Terminalia cuneata B.Heyne ex Roth |
| 6 | Terminalia berryi Wight & Arn. |
| 7 | Terminalia psidiifolia Delile |
| 8 | Terminalia urjan Royle |
| 9 | Terminalia glabra Wight & Arn. |
| 10 | Terminalia ovalifolia Rottler ex C.B.Clarke |
| 11 | Pentaptera arjuna Roxb. ex DC. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Genus | Terminalia |
| Species | Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Kakubha, Partha |
| English | Arjun |
| Hindi | Arjun |
| Kannada | Matti, Bilimatti |
| Marathi | Arjuna |
| Malayalam | Nirmasuthu, Vellamaruthi, Kellemasuthu, Mattimora, Torematti |
| Bengali | Arjuna |
| Tamil | Marudam |
| Telugu | Maddi |
| Urdu | Arjun |
Morphology
Medium sized deciduous tree. Stem bark is simple, grey and smooth. Bark is thick, red color from inside. Leaves are simple, oblong-obovate to oblanceolate, margin crenate serrate, apex obtuse, petiole glandular. Flowers are small, white or yellowish In colour. Fruit is ovoid with 5-angled drupe
Distribution
Natively present in India. Within India found in Sub-Himalayan tract, Maharashtra, Orissa, West Bengal, Punjab, Deccan and Konkan regions of India
Medicinal uses
Astringent, cooling, aphrodisiac, cardiotonic, fractures, ulcers, spermatorrhoea, leucorrhoea, diabetes, cough, tumor, excessive perspiration, asthma, inflammation and skin disorders
References
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| 3 | Joshi, M. C. (2019). Hand book of Indian medicinal plants. Scientific Publishers. |
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| 5 | Warrier, P. K. (1993). Indian medicinal plants: a compendium of 500 species (Vol. 5). Orient Blackswan. |
| 6 | Joshi, M. C. (2019). Hand book of Indian medicinal plants. Scientific Publishers. |