Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Terminalia arjuna
Scientific Name and Description
Terminalia arjuna (ROXB.) WIGHT & ARN.
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | arjun, kahua bark, kumbuk |
| Hindi | anjan, anjani, arjan, arjan (introduced), arjun, arjun sadado, arjun-sadado, arjuna, jamla, kahu, kahua, kaugach, khawa, koara, koha, kohera, kowa, Arjun अर्जुन, Arjun ki chaal अर्जुन की छाल |
| Kannada | arjuna, arjuna mara, belamadi, belematti, belimatti, belimetti, bilee matthi, bilematti, bili matthi, bilimaddi, bilimatti, billimatti, bolmatti, bolumatti, hole matthi, holematthi, holematti, kakubha, kamatti, kora matthi, kudure kivi mara, kudure kivigana mara, kurubha, maddi, neer matthi, neeru matthi, nirmathi, nirmatti, so honne, thore matthi, toramatti, tormatti, vaidairya |
| Malayalam | attumaruthu, attumarutu, kulamaruthu, marutu, neermaruthu, nirmarutu, pulamatti, vellamaradu, vellamarutu, vellamathi, vellilavu, velumaruthu, velumarutu, venmarutu |
| Marathi | anjan, arjun, arjuna, arjunladada, arjunsaadada, azun, kahu, nadi-ani, sadura, sanmadat, sanmadath, savimadat, savimadath, shardul, Arjun आर्जुन |
| Sanskrit | arjuna, arjunah, chitrayodhi, dhananjaya, dhanvi, dhavala, gandiri, gandivi, indradru, indradruma, indrasunu, jivaka, kakubha, kakubhah, karaviraka, karnari, kaunteya, kiriti, krishnasarathi, kukubha, nadisarja, pandava, partha, parthah, parttha, phalguna, prithaja, raktarjuna, savyasachi, shambara, shivamallaka, svetavaha, svetavahah, vairantak, vira, virataru, viravriksha, viravrksa, Arjuna अर्जुन |
| Tamil | acokam,acumaravaram, arccunam, arccunavirutcam, ariccanamaram, ariccunam,arrumarutu, aruccunam, attumarudu, attumarutam, attumarutu, curapicurapimaram, intiran, karupam, kauntiyam, kolamaruthu, kula marutha, kula-maruthu, kulamarudu, kulamarutu, marudam, marudha maram, marudu, marukam, maruta maram, marutai, marutam, marutamaram, maruthu, marutu, metikkavikam, metikkavikamaram, mikkuvam, muruthu, naticam, nirmaddi, nirmarudu, nirmarutu, par marutu, pulanti, putavam, vellai maruda-maram, vellai marutam, vellai-maruthu, vellaimarudu, vellaimarutai, vellaimarutu, vellaimarutu, vellaimatti, vellamarda, vellamaruthu, virataru , Vellai marudam வெள்ளை மருதம் |
| Telugu | eramaddi, erimaddi, erramaddi, erumaddi, kakubhama, kakubhamu, maddi, maochettu, muddy, tella maddi, tella-madoi, tellamaddee, tellamaddi, tellamadi, tellamadoo, tellamadu, thellamaddi, thellamaddi chettu, thellemaddi, thittumaddi, tittu maddi, tittumaddi, vag-maddii, yermaddi, yerramaddi |
| Tibetan | a rdzu na |
| Common names | Arjuna tree, Arjun's bark |
| Bangali | Arjun অর্জুন |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Terminalia arjuna (Rpxb.)W.& A. Arjun Combretaceae Cardiac problems, fractured bone recovery
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight & Arn. Tella maddi Combretaceae Stem bark Wounds
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. exDC) Wight & Arn. Arjun Combretaceae Tree Bark phytosterol, lactones, flavonoids, phenolic
Terminalia arjuna (Dc.) Wight and Arn. Combretaceae Marudha maram Tree Bark and Leaves Powder Cardiovascular diseases and Antidiabeti
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb. ex DC.) Wight and Arn. Tree Bark, fruit, root, leaves Abortifacient; abdominal pain; cardiac problems; dysentery; influenza; gynaecological disorders; heart diseases; dyspepsia; boils; blisters; wound; snakebite; urinary problems; skin diseases; earache General; pregnant women; women Ignacimuthu et al. 2008, Kosalge and Fursule 2009, Reddy et al. 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Ignacimuthu et al. 2008
Kosalge and Fursule 2009
Reddy et al. 2008
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Himachal Pradesh Author - Dr. Narain Singh Chauhan
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL1 Author - D.B. DEB
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Terminalia arjuna. (2024, May 29). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_arjuna