Aralu (Chebulic Myrobalan)

Scientific name:	Terminalia chebula*
Family name:	COMBRETACEAE
English name:	Chebulic Myrobalan
Local name:	Aralu
Description:	Trees to 30 m tall; branchlets conspicuously white or yellowish long lenticellate , glabrous, hairs tawny , rarely silvery. Leaves alternate or subopposite, spaced along branchlets; petiole 1-3 cm long, with 2(-4) glands 1-5 mm below apex; leaf blade 7-18 × 4.5-10 cm, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary or terminal , simple spikes, 5-10 cm long, numerous flowered, sometimes grouped at branchlet apex and forming a panicle. Flowers slightly fragrant, bisexual. Fruit not stipitate , blackish brown when ripe , ovoid or broadly so, ellipsoid , or cylindric-ovoid, obtusely 5-ridged, 2-4.5 × 1.2-2.5 cm, rigid , becoming deeply wrinkled when dry, glabrous.
Status:	Native
Edible parts:	none
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for- Dental caries Bleeding gums Fevers Eye diseases Piles Dropsy Sores Chronic dysentery Worm infestation Swellings Haemorrhoid Jaundice Colds Coughs Catarrh Anorexia Flatulence Abdominal discomfort Eczemas PARTS   USED  IN  TREATMENT: Pericarp of the fruit RELATED   MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: Cardio tonic Purgative Stimulate liver functions Diuretic Pacifies vitiated thridoshas source by  instituteofayurveda.org