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Arjun (Species 2)


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Common Names


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Terminalia elliptica Willd.

FAMILY 


Combretaceae R. Br.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

GENUS 


Terminalia L.

SPECIES


elliptica Willd. Sp. pl. 4(2):969. 1806


Plant Description


A tree up to 15 meter tall, bark rough, deeply furrowed. Leaves sub-opposite or upper ones alternate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, with two stalked glands on the midrib on ventral surface. Inflorescence axillary or terminal panicles. Flowers yellow. Drupes coriaceous, brown, winged. Wings 5, broad, hard, striated with many straight lines running horizontally from axis to the edges.

Flowering & Fruiting Period: April-June.

 

*Description source: Flora of Savantwadi

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