Terminalia chebula Retz.
- Family: Combretaceae
- Vernacular names: Kadukka, കടുക്ക (Malayalam), Black myrobalan, Chebulic myrobalan (English),
- Distribution: South Asia
- Description: Large trees. Deciduous trees, to 25 m high. Leaves simple, opposite to alternate, exstipulate; petiole 12-25 mm long, stout, grooved above, pubescent, 2 sessile glands at the top. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, 5-6 mm across, in terminal and axillary spikes with offensive smell. Fruit a drupe 3-4 x 2-2.5 cm, obovoid, woody, obscurely 5 angled, glabrous, greenish-yellow; seed one.
- Habit: Tree
- Habitat: Dry and moist deciduous forests
- Flowering & Fruiting: February-August
- Parts used: Fruits, Bark
- Properties & Uses: Its decoction is used as gargle in oral ulcers, sore throat. Its powder is a good astringent dentifrice in loose gums, bleeding and ulceration in gums. It is good to increase appetite, digestive aid, liver stimulant, stomachic, gastrointestinal prokinetic agent, and mild laxative. The powder of T. chebula fruits has been used in chronic diarrhea. It is used in nervous weakness, nervous irritability.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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