- 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 IPNI) : Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn.
- Common name : White Murdah, Arjun Tree
- Vernacular name :
- Arjun, Kahu (Hindi)
- Bilimathi mara, Holeemathi (Kannada)
- Vellaimaruthu, Kulamaruthu (Tamil)
- Maddi, Yerra maddi, Tella maddi, Tittu maddi, Vag-maddi, Neer maddi (Telugu)
- Arjuna, Porjon sahajo (Oria)
- Arjunah, Kahua (Sanskrit)
- Arjun-sadada (Marathi)
- Habit : Tree
- Comments / notes : A common riparian species along river banks up to 1400m. Timber is valuable. Buttressed
- Key identification features : Huge tree with girth up to 10m. Bark stiff, flaking off in pieces; inner bark white, smooth, 3-4 cm thick, flesh-coloured when cut, exudating red resin. Inflorescence with characteristic galls.
- Flower, Fruit : May-February
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 11/04/1976
- Collection Nos : SJC 18886
- Collection Locality : Bannerghatta National Park, Bangalore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Prakasam district, Chittoor district, Anantapur district, Kurnool district
- Telangana : Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Tiruchirapalli district
- Jharkhand :
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
- J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
- Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District
- Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
- 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.
- Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Terminalia arjuna. Downloaded on 10 October 2024.
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