Terminalia cuneata Roth
നീര്മരുത്
| Family: | COMBRETACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | White | ||||
| Synonym: | Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.exDC.)Wight&Arn. | ||||
| Common Name: | Vellamaruthu, Arjun tree | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | November – June | ||||
| Distribution: | India and Sri Lanka | ||||
| Habitat: | Dry deciduous forests | ||||
| Uses: | Arjun holds a reputed position in both Ayurvedic and Yunani Systems of medicine. According to Ayurveda it is alexiteric, styptic, tonic, anthelmintic, and useful in fractures, ulcers, heart diseases, biliousness, urinary discharges, asthma, tumours, leucoderma, anaemia, excessive perspiration etc. According to Yunani system of medicine, it is used both externally and internally in gleet and urinary discharges | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Bole often buttressed; bark surface pinkish-grey; exudation red, gummy; branchlets drooping. Leaves simple, opposite to alternate. Flowers bisexual, dull yellow, in short axillary spikes; calyx tube, lobes 5, cream; disc 5-lobed; petals 0; stamens 10, in 2 rows; ovary ovoid, inferior, pubescent, 1-celled; ovules 2 or 3, pendulous. Fruit is a winged drupe; seed one. | ||||