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Family: Combretaceae	Genus: Terminalia	Species: Terminalia chebula Retz.

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Terminalia reticulata Roth, Terminalia parviflora Thwaites, Terminalia gangetica Roxb.	Flower Color	White
Common Name	Harra, Harad	Flower Type	Panicle
English / Trade Name	Chebulic Myrobalan, Gallnut	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Harad	Fruiting Period	Jan-March
Altitude	Upto 1600m	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit obovoid, 2.5 – 3.5 cm long, pale – green, more or less 5 – ribbed when dry with a large, thick,
Habitat	Commonly found in dry miscellaneous forests, particularly with sal forests	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	Central And South India, Sri Lanka	Bark Details	Bark greyish brown with irregular flakes
Distribution in chandigarh	Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Deciduous trees, upto 25 m high. bark thick, dark – brown, young parts rusty pubescent. Leaves subopposite, distant, oblong – ovate or elliptic – ovate, 8 – 25 × 2 – 5 cm, base unequal, rounded or subacute, tip acute. Lateral nerves arcuate, prominent, with glands at its apex. Flowers pale – white, 1.5 – 3 mm long, scented, sessile, on terminal, pubescent, panicled – spikes. Calyx lobes covered with brown woolly hairs inside. Stamens 10, in 2 – series. drupes obovoid, 2.5 – 3.5 cm long, pale – green, more or less 5 – ribbed when dry with a large, thick, elongated stone.	Leaf Details	Leaves suboppositedistant, oblong – ovate or elliptic – ovate, 8 – 25 ×2 – 5 cm, base unequal, rounded or subacute, tip acute. Lateral nerves arcuate, prominent, with glands at its apex

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