• Family : COMBRETACEAE
  (Combretum Or Indian Almond Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : ARJUN FAMILY (अर्जुन फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : COMBRETACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Terminalia crenulata Roth
• Common name : Crocodile-bark tree, Black Murdah
• Vernacular name : Ashaina, Kaouha (Hindi); Kari mathi, Kirajul mathi (Kannada); Karu maruthu (Tamil); Chaagkarnah (Sanskrit); Sadada (Marathi)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Occasional on hills to 1400m, sometimes along river banks.
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kadapa district, Chittoor district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Bellary district, Kolar district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Koraput district, Khurda district
  • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Terminalia crenulata. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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