Medicinal plant details
Terminalia paniculataB.Heyne ex Roth
(Arjuna)
| Common name | Arjuna |
| Habit | Tree |
| Habitat | Dry deciduous forests and western and eastern ghats |
| Parts used | Stem bark |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Myrobalanus monoptera (Roth) Kuntze |
| 2 | Pentaptera triopteris B.Heyne ex Steud. |
| 3 | Pentaptera paniculata Roxb. |
| 4 | Pentaptera huliva Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. |
| 5 | Pentaptera alata Banks ex G.Don |
| 6 | Terminalia alata D.Dietr. |
| 7 | Terminalia triopteris B.Heyne ex Wall. |
| 8 | Terminalia monaptera Roth |
| 9 | Pentaptera paniculata Roxb. ex DC. |
| 10 | Terminalia acuta Wall. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Myrtales |
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Genus | Terminalia |
| Species | Terminalia paniculata B.Heyne ex Roth |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Asvakarna |
| English | Flowering Murdah |
| Hindi | Kindal |
| Kannada | Hanalu |
| Marathi | Kinjal |
| Malayalam | Vellamaruth |
| Bengali | |
| Tamil | Pillai Maruth |
| Telugu | Pulimaddi |
| Urdu |
Morphology
It is a large sized deciduous woody tree species reaching a height of an average of 30m. The bark is smooth and brown coloured with shallow fissures about 15-20 mm thick. The fruit is a samaroid, 13 X 12 mm, reddish-brown, rusty tomentose, with one large and 2 small wings; seed one.
Distribution
It is found in Asia tropical Indian subcontinent
Medicinal uses
Heart disease, Skin disease, Urinary disease
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 | Viswanath, S. C., and Hrideek, T. K. (2021). Systematic Review on Population Status and Economic Importance of Endemic Commercial Timber Tree: Terminalia paniculata Roth (Myrtales: Combretaceae) from Peninsular India. Journal of Plant Science Research, 37, 145-154. |