Scientific Name :
Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.
Synonym :
Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertn.
Myrobalanus laurinoides Kuntze
Common Name : Bedda nut tree, Bahera, Bheda
Plant Family : Combretaceae
Habit : Tree
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : March to May
Flower Colour : Creamy white
Description : Height: Upto 40 m
Stem: Brown, solid, bark deeply cracked vertically
Leaves: Elliptical obovate, acute or rounded apex, leaf crowded at the ends of branchlets
Flowers: Upper flowers in inflorescence male flowers, lower flowers bisexual, sepals gamosepalous, petals 0, stamens 10, ovary monocarpellary
Inflorescence: Axillary spike raceme
Fruits: Drupe, sweet sour taste, ovoid, 5 ridge, 1 seeded
Native/ Exotic : N
Locality : JM, VT, TL
Distribution Range : Indian Subcontinent to China (S. Yunnan) and Malesia.
Uses : It is used to treat diarrhoea, scorpion stings, and cough.
