Terminalia cuneata
Terminalia cuneata
Author : Roth
Family : Combretaceae

Habit: Large tree
Sanskrit: Arjunah, Kakubhah
English: Arjun
 
Description
A tree, 15-25 m tall, with dark brown, often longitudinally cracked, exfoliating in woody scales, ovate or elliptic leaves with a pair of large glands at the top of the petiole, yellowish-white flowers, in terminal spikes and ellipsoidal, obovoid or ovoid, yellow to orange-brown fruits, becoming 5-ribbed on drying and containing hard, pale yellow seeds.
Useful part

Mature & immature fruits, bark
Medicinal Uses

wounds, ulcers, inflammations, stomach disorders, worm infestations, bleedings, jaundice, liver & spleen disorders, hiccough, cough, asthma, urinary disorders, headache, eye diseases, abdominal diseases, scrotal enlargement, seminal defects, fainting, epilepsy, intermittent fevers, cardiac disorders, filaria, obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, dandruff, skin diseases, leprosy, nervous disorders, general debility, semen coagulantion, piles, dental caries, purgative, tonic
Major chemical constituents

β-sitosterol, chebulin, anthraquinone glycoside, terchebin, tetrachebulin, vitamin C, chebulinic & tannic acid, arachidic, palmitic, stearic, oleic, linoleic & behenic acids, 2-a-hydroxymicromeric acid, maslinic acid, 2-α -hydroxyursolic acid