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Terminalia cuneata Roth.
Synonym
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Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.
ex DC.) Wight & Arn.
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Family
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Combretaceae
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Local name
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English- Arjun, White murdah
Malayalam- kattukadukka, Neermaruthu
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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November - June
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Distribution
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India
and Sri Lanka
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Distribution
in kerala
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Kasaragode,
Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad
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Habitat
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Dry Deciduous forests
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Endemic
/Exotic
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Endemic to
southern and southeast Asia in India.
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Uses
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Bark is used in cardiopathy, hepatopathy, fractures diabetes, asthma,
inflammation and hypertension.
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Key botanical characters:
Evergreen trees. Leaves simple, opposite to alternate,
estipulate; petiole 5 .Flowers bisexual, dull yellow, 2-3 mm across, in short
axillary spikes; Fruit a drupe, oblong,; wings equal, lines on the wings
oblique and curving upwards, apex notched; seed one.
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