Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MT047 : Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth

Plant Category : Tree

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 190

Synonym : Pentaptera cuneata DC.; Pentaptera macrocarpa Wall.; Pentaptera maradu G. Don.; Terminalia elliptica Willd.; Terminalia macrocarpa Steud.; Terminalia maradu Buch.-Ham. ex G. Don.; Terminalia ovata Rottl. ex C. B. Clarke.;

Plant Common Name : Saj, Sajad, K-Athna,Sadra, Asan, Indian Laurel, Silver grey wood, White chuglam • Hindi: Asan, Saj • Marathi: Ain, Asan, Satada, Shardul • Tamil: Aruccunam, Karumarutu, Marutamaram • Malayalam: Matthi • Telugu: Innu maddi, Nalla maddi • Kannada: Banappu, Karimaddi, Sadada, Unapu mara • Bengali: Asan • Oriya: Sahaju • Sanskrit: Raktarjun

Plant Family : Combretaceae

Description : Large tree upto 25m high with distinct rough grey deeply cracked bark into oblong segments. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong or ovate, 8.3-34x5.4-16.5cm, sparsely hairy abov, densely covered with soft pubescence beneath, base usually oblique, apex actue, margin entire or obscurely serrate; petiole upto 1cm long with 2 large glands on it or at the base; with secondary nerves 6-17 pairs, raised beneath, curving just below the margin. Flowers greenish yellow, bisexual, in axillary and terminal panicles. Calyx villous, lobes ovate- triangular. Fruit 5-winged, with horizontal veins.

Plant Location in Melghat : Jamli, Koktu Valley, Bori, Semadoh, Kolkaz

Medicinal Use / Activity : The bark is used medicinally against Diarrhea. Bark juice applied to treat wounds, cuts, skin diseases, Diarrhea; bark for anemia. Gum edible for stomach disorders. Leaves paste given in vomiting; boiling leaves vapor inhaled to relieve headache;

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: tomentosic acid; friedelin; Beta-amyrin; methyloleanolate; lupeol; leucoanthocyanidin; betulic acid; Arjunolic acid; Arjunic acid; Arjunetin; ellagic acid; Oxalic acid;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (4):

Lupeol;

Oxalic acid;

Friedelin;

Ellagic acid;

Plant's Current Status : Endemic

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/264874 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Laurel.html - https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978_94_015_9339_7_11 - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11223218 - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/np50045a039 - http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Terminalia_alata.PDF

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Myrtales
Family : Combretaceae - Indian Almond family
Genus : Terminalia L. - tropical almond
Species : Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth

Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth
Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth
Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth
Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth