Terminalia bellericia (Gaertn.) Roxb. | |
Combretaceae | |
Tanri | |
| Botanical Name | Terminalia bellericia (Gaertn.) Roxb. |
| Synonyms | Myrobalanus bellirica. Gaertn., Terminili agella Dalz. |
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Common Name | English : Bedda nut tree / Tamil : Tanri |
| Distribution | Global : Indo- Malesia ,Indo- China ,Thailand Indian : Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Kerala |
| Description | Large deciduous tree up to 20-30 m height, Bark light brown vertically fissured, branchlets warty, with persistent leaf- scars. Leaves densely clustered at the ends of branchlets, alternate, ovate- obovate or broadly elliptic, coriaceous, 6-8-nerved, glabrous, finely pellucid- dotted above, base cuneate- attenuate or obtuse, oblique, margin entire-subcrenulate, apex rotund, emarginate. Inflorescence Axillary Spike, solitary or clustered, peduncle 2 cm, brancteoles caducous. Flowers small, pentamerous, complete, bisexual, actinomorphic and hypogynous. Calyx tube 1 mm, pubescent, lobes 5, cream, triangular. Petals absent or caducous, Stamens 10, filaments short 2.5-3 mm. Ovary-1.5 mm,monocarpellary; ovules 2 or 3, style - 4 mm. Fruit Drupe subglobose, softly tomentose, obscurely 5 - ridged, horned. |
| Flowering Fruiting period | March- May / June - September |
| Uses | Durable wood used for making furniture’s and planted for shade |
| Medicinal Uses | Used in ayurvedic medicines to treat skin disease |
| Tamil Name | Tanri |