Bulu (Baheda)

Scientific name:	Terminalia bellirica $
Family name:	COMBRETACEAE
English name:	Baheda
Local name:	Bulu
Description:	Deciduous trees, to 35 m tall; bark gray, longitudinally ridged; Branchlets with conspicuous , spirally ascending leaf scars . Leaves spiraled, crowded into pseudo-whorls at apices of branchlets; petiole 3-9 cm, glabrous but ferruginous tomentose when young, especially at base, with 2 glands above middle ; leaf blade 18-26 × 6-12 cm, glabrous except ferruginous tomentose when young. Inflorescences axillary , simple spikes, 5-18 cm long, often grouped at branchlet apex and forming a panicle; axis densely ferruginous tomentose. Calyx tube distally shallowly cupular, 4-5 mm long. Fruit shortly stipitate, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid or ovoid , weakly to strongly 5-ridged, 2-3 × 1.8-2.5 cm, densely and finely velutinous or sericeous ; stipe about 2 mm long.
Status:	Native
Edible parts:	none
Ayurvedic usage: Treatment for- Excessive thirst Swellings Vomiting Urinary calculi Skin diseases Coughs Asthma Insomnia Nervous system diseases Impotence Fevers Eye diseases Dropsy Piles Diarrhoea Rheumatism PARTS   USED  IN  TREATMENT: Fruits (Outer Cover) Seeds Bark Oil RELATED   MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: Stimulate hair growth Mild diuretic Purgative

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