Terminalia chebula seed

LATIN NAME: Terminalia chebula

COMMON NAME: Chebulic Myrobalan

The chebulic myrobalan is a tall, spreading, deciduous tree of the warm forests, and its fine, clustered leaves and its long history of traditional use have made it one of the most valued of the trees of the region. It grows as a deciduous tree, reaching up to thirty metres or more, with the upright, spreading trunk bearing the alternate, clustered, oval, leathery leaves and, through the summer, the small, pale, inconspicuous flowers in the spikes, followed by the clusters of the oval, five-ribbed, yellowish-green then black, wrinkled fruits, each holding the single, hard seed. It is a species of the flowering tree in the leadwood family, and it is native to the southern Asia, while it is grown for its fruit and its traditional uses, and it is known as the chebulic myrobalan or the haritaki.

The chebulic myrobalan belongs to the leadwood family, Combretaceae, and it is a species of the deciduous tree, native to the southern Asia, while it is grown for its fruit and its traditional uses, and it is known as the chebulic myrobalan. It is a tree of the warm forests, valued for its fruit and its long history of use.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The chebulic myrobalan has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the chemistry of the natural products and the traditional use, since the fruits of the chebulic myrobalan have a very long history of use in the traditional ways of the southern Asia, and researchers have examined the fruits and their constituents, while the traditional uses of the tree have drawn attention in the international pharmaceutical and botanical press, and the study of the myrobalan and its chemistry has been of continuing interest across the world. The plant has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm forests of the southern Asia, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the forest have been examined, while the ecology of the forest trees of the region has been of continuing interest, and the study of the wild trees has been of value. The species has also been studied in the horticulture and the forestry, since it is a tall, spreading, useful tree of the warm garden, and researchers have examined its growth and its cultivation, while the growing of the myrobalan in the garden and the plantation has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and of the garden rather than a casual remedy. For a tree of such long history, the chebulic myrobalan has a rich and continuing record of study.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, the chebulic myrobalan is a generous tree of the garden. Its clusters of the oval fruits feed the birds and the wildlife, and its fine, leafy crown gives a broad, fine shade and a shelter to the birds through the year.

Its economic value is real. The chebulic myrobalan is prized for its fruit and its long history of traditional use, and its value has drawn attention in the international pharmaceutical and botanical press as a tree of the southern Asia, while its fine, durable wood has also been valued in the regions of its home. For a grower, the chebulic myrobalan is a rewarding and stately tree, and for a gardener it brings a tall, spreading, useful tree to the warm garden. The seeds are easy to start — sow them fresh in a pot of moist, free-draining compost, keep them gently watered in a warm, sheltered spot, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a tall, spreading, useful tree.

Terminalia chebula (Black Myrobalan or Chebulic Myrobalan

It is a deciduous tree growing to 30-metre (98 ft) tall, with a trunk up to 1-metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. The leaves are alternate to subopposite in arrangement, oval, 7–8-centimetre (2.8–3.1 in) long and 4.5–10-centimetre (1.8–3.9 in) broad with a 1–3-centimetre (0.39–1.2 in) petiole. The fruit is drupe-like, 2–4.5-centimetre (0.79–1.8 in) long and 1.2–2.5-centimetre (0.47–0.98 in) broad, blackish, with five longitudinal ridges.