Trees & Plants

Indian-laurel

Arolhi gas

Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex

Planted as an avenue tree in some islands In traditional medicine, the bark is used to treat fractures, ulcers, urethrorrhea, leucorrhea, diabetes, anaemia, cardiopathy, hyperhidrosis, fatigue, asthma, bronchitis, otalgia, dysentery, cirrhosis of the liver and or or hypertension.

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uses: In traditional medicine, the bark is used to treat fractures, ulcers, urethrorrhea, leucorrhea, diabetes, anaemia, cardiopathy, hyperhidrosis, fatigue, asthma, bronchitis, otalgia, dysentery, cirrhosis of the liver and or or hypertension. ×
family: Combretaceae
synonym: Pentaptera arjuna Roxb. ex DC.
description: Evergreen trees, to 30 m tall, bole often buttressed; bark pinkish-grey, smooth, flaking offin thin layers; exudation red, gummy; branchlets drooping. Leaves × simple, opposite to alternate; 7.5-16 3.7- 8.5 cm, oblong, elliptic, oblong-ovate or oblong-obovate, base round, obtuse or cordate, apex obtuse or rounded, margin crenulate or entire, 2 glands at the base on the lowerside; lateral nerves 10-17 pairs, prominent; petiole 5-15 mm long. Flowers dull yellow, 2-3 mm across, in short × axillary spikes. Calyx tube 0.5-2 1-1.5 mm, constricted above the ovary; lobes 5, cream; disc 5-lobed, pilose. Petals 0. Stamens 10, in 2 rows. Ovary ovoid, 1.5 mm, inferior; × ovules 2 or 3, pendulous. Fruit a drupe, 6 3 cm, oblong, 5-7 winged; wings equal, lines on the wings oblique and curving upwards, apex notched; seed one. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.
native range: South Asia
distribution: South Asia
english names: Indian-laurel · White murdah
flowering fruiting: November- June
occurrence maldives: Planted as an avenue tree in some islands