Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. | |
Combertaceae | |
Neer Maruthu | |
| Botanical Name | Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. |
| Synonyms | Pentaptera glabra .Roxb., Pentaptera arjuna Roxb. ex DC. |
| Family | Combertaceae |
| Common Name | English: Arjun Sadad / Tamil: Neer Maruthu |
| Distribution | Global : Malesia, Indonesia, Kenya, India Indian : Southern India, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Odissa |
| Description | Large deciduous tree up to 30-60 m height; Bark peel off, whitish grey, branchlets pubescent. Leaves alternate to sub-opposite, oblong or obovate-oblanceolate, thick-coriaceous, nerves 15 - 18 pairs, arcuate, glabrous. Inflorescence axillary spikes arranged in panicles up to 10 cm, bracteoles linear. Flowers small, pentamerous, bisexual, actinomorphic, compelete. Calyx tube - 2 mm, pubescent, lobes 5, cream, triangular, glabrous. Stamens - 10, filaments short 3mm. Ovary ovoid small, monocarpellary, ovules 2 or 3, pendulous, style - 4 mm. Drupe 5-angled, 5-winged, lines on wings oblique and curving upwards, apex notched. |
| Flowering Fruiting period | May-June / October -November |
| Uses | High valued timber used for making furniture and leaves are used as green manure |
| Medicinal Uses | Used to control blood pressure and to control heart disease used in ayurvedic |
| Tamil Name | Neer Maruthu |