Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.
Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.
MT138 : Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | |
| Synonym | : | Terminalia coriacea (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Chuncoa tomentosa Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Pentaptera coriacea Roxb.; Pentaptera tomentosa Roxb.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | 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 | : | a tree growing to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 1 m. The fruit is ovoid, 3 cm long, with five wings not extending beyond the fruit apex. The bark is fire-resistant. The wood is coarse, fairly straight grained, dull to somewhat lustrous and without any smell or taste. The heartwood varies from light brown with few markings to dark brown or brownish black and figured with darker streaks. The sapwood is reddish white and sharply differentiated. The heartwood is moderately durable and the sapwood is liable to powder-post beetle attack. The wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, joinery, paneling, specialty items, boat-building, railroad cross-ties and decorative veneers. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The bark is astringent. It is used in the treatment of Diarrhea. The juice of the bark is applied externally to cuts and wounds. It can also be boiled then rubbed onto the head to remove dandruff. A paste of the gum is applied externally to burns and is also used to treat swellings caused by inflammation. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: pyrogallol; catechol; Arjunic acid; Arjunolic acid; Betulic acid; ellagic acid; Terminolic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Ellagic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati (2018 - 2019); Book |
| Reference | : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
(2018 - 2019); Book PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosids |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Combretaceae |
| Genus | : Terminalia |
| Species | : Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn. |