The fleshy fruit pulp contains 21.4% tannin, both condensed and hydrolysable types.
The flower showed spermicidal activity.
Dosage Fruit—3—6 g powder. (API, Vol. I.)
Terminalia bialata Steud.
Family Combretaceae.
Habitat Andamans.
English White Chuglam, Silvergrey Wood.
Action Bark—cardiac stimulant. It contains tannins and is used as an adulterant to cutch.
Terminalia catappa Linn.
Family Combretaceae.
Habitat Cultivated throughout hotter parts of India, also in the Andamans.
English Indian Almond, Tropical Almond.
Siddha/Tamil Natuvadom.
Folk Jangali Baadaam, Desi Baadaam.
Action Bark—astringent, antidysenteric, mild diuretic. Leaf— antiseptic, anti-inflammatory. Oil from kernel—substitute for almond oil; contains oleic, linoleic, palmitic and stearic acids. Fresh kernels resemble almonds; contain fat 52.02, protein 25.42, sugars as glucose 5.98%. Leaf—sudoriflc; applied to rheumatic joints. Ointment made from juice—used in scabies and other cutaneous affections.
The husk and endocarp contain tannins and pentosans. The heartwood and stembark contain beta-sitosterol and its palmitate. The heartwood, in addition, contain terminolic acid and triterpenic methyl esters.
Terminalia chebula Retz.
Family Combretaceae.
Habitat Abundant in Northern India. Also occurs in the forests of Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Assam, especially in Konkan.
English Chebulic Myrobalan, Black Myrobalan.
Ayurvedic Haritaki, Kaayasthaa, Pathyaa, Shreyasi, Shivaa. (Jivanti,
Synonym T.proceraRoxb.
654 Terminalia citrina Roxb. ex Flem.
Puutanaa, Vijayaa, Abhayaa, Rohini, Chetaki, Amritaa—according to
some scholars, these represent seven varieties of Haritaki; now used as synonyms.)
Unani Harad, Halelaa siyaah,
