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Botanical Name :
Terminalia
bellirica
Sanskrit Name :
Bibhitaki
English Name :
Beleric Myrobalan, Bedda Nut
Family : Combretaceae
Part Used: Fruit
Description of
Terminalia
bellirica:
It
is a large deciduous tree. Leaves are alternate, broadly
elliptic or elliptic-obovate, puberulous when young but glabrous
on maturity and the nerves are prominent on both surfaces.
Flowers are in axillary, spender spikes longer than the petioles
but shorter than the leaves. Calyx lobes are pubescent outside.
The fruits are green and inflated when young and yellowish and
shrink (nearly seen as ribbed) when mature. The nut is stony.
A tall tree, with
characteristic bark. The stems are straight, frequently
buttressed when large; the leaves, broadly elliptic, clustered
towards the ends of branches; the flowers are solitary, simple,
axillary spikes; the fruits, are globular and obscurely
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Principal Constituents:
ß- sitosterol,
gallic acid, ellagic acid, ethyl gallate, galloyl glucose,
chebulagic acid.
Medicinal Uses:
The fruit
possesses antibacterial properties. It is employed in dropsy,
piles and diarrhea. While using herbal eye drops containing
T.bellirica, encouraging results have been obtained in cases
of myopia, corneal opacity, pterigium, immature cataract,
chronic and acute infective conditions. The fruit possesses
myocardial depressive activity.
Specification:
Standardized to customer Specification
Herbal Extract packing:
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