Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
MT048 : Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.
| Plant Category | : | Tree |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 191 |
| Synonym | : | Chuncoa glabra Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.;
Myrobalanus cuneata (Roth) Kuntze.;
Pentaptera angustifolia Roxb.;
Pentaptera arjuna Roxb.;
Pentaptera glabra Roxb.;
Pentaptera obovata DC.;
Terminalia berryi Wight & Arn.;
Terminalia cuneata Roth.;
Terminalia glabra Wight & Arn.;
Terminalia ovalifolia Rottl. ex C. B. Clarke.;
Terminalia psidiifolia Delile.;
Terminalia urjan Royle.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Arjun, Kahu, Anjan, G-Mangi, Arjun • Hindi: Arjun • Manipuri: Maiyokpha • Tamil: Marutu • Malayalam: Nirmarutu • Kannada: Nirmatti |
| Plant Family | : | Combretaceae |
| Description | : | A medium sized deciduous tree, branchlets pubescent. Leaves alternate to opposite, oblong-lanceolate, thick coriaceous, margin crenate-serrate, apex obtuse; two glands on the petiole close to the leaf-blade. Flowers small, in axillary spikes. Fruit a 5-angled drupe, 5-winged. Found generally in the hill slopes near the water bodies. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along the banks of larger streams and rivers |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Heart tonic; Fruit powder with sugar is given to increase eye sight. Fruits cover is chewed to get relief from cough. Powder of fruit equally mixed with Ashwagandha churn given with warm
water in heart trouble. Leaf powder along with powder of Datura leaf used in smoking to get relief from Asthma. Fruit is useful in urinary diseases and keeping mind cool. Excess consumption of seeds is sedative. The bark is a cardiac tonic, lowers blood pressure and reduces blood cholesterol levels. Arjuna is a herb where modern research has fully supported its traditional use for treating heart disease. The bark is taken internally to treat a range of heart conditions and seems to work best when blood supply to the heart is poor, as in angina and ischaemic heart disease. It is also of value in helping to maintain a steady heart beat. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Arjunin; Arjunic acid; Arjungenin; Terminic acid; Terminoltin; Arjunolic acid; Qudranoside VIII; Kajiichigoside F1; Arjunetin;
Arjunoside I; Arjunoside II; Arjunolone; Arjunolitin; Arjunaphthanoloside;
Arjunglucoside IV; Arjunglucoside V;
Terminarjunoside I; Terminarjunoside II; Terminoside A; Arjunasides A;
Arjunasides B; Arjunasides C;
Arjunasides D; Arjunasides E; Termionic acid; Arjunone; Luteolin; Baicalein; Ethyl gallate; Gallic acid; Kaempferol; Oligomeric proanthocyanidins;
Pelargonidin; Quercetin;
(+)-catechin; (+)-gallocatechin;
(-)-epigallocatechin; ellagic acid; Pyrocatechols; Punicallin; Castalagin; Casuariin; Casuarinin; Punicalagin; Terchebulin; Terflavin C;
Beta-Sitosterol; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (11): Beta-sitosterol; Pelargonidin; Quercetin; Kaempferol; Luteolin; Catechin; Baicalein; (+)-Gallocatechin; Ellagic acid; Ethyl gallate; Gallic Acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | Endemic |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31962
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Terminalia+arjuna
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5198828/ |
| Reference | : | ~ Jennifer L. McCracken, Sreenivas P. Veeranki, Bill T. Ameredes, William J. Calhoun; "Diagnosis and Management of Asthma in Adults - A Review"; JAMA (2017); 318(3): 279-290 PMID : 28719697 ~ Chellaiah Muthu, Muniappan Ayyanar, Nagappan Raja and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu; "Medicinal plants used by traditional healers in Kancheepuram District of Tamil Nadu, India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2006); 2(43): 1-10 PMID : ~ Shridhar Dwivedi and Deepti Chopra; "Revisiting Terminalia arjuna – An ancient Cardiovascular drug"; J Tradit Complement Med (2014); 4(4): 224-231 PMID : 25379463 ~ Chen S; "Natural products triggering biological targets - a review of the anti-inflammatory phytochemicals targeting the arachidonic acid pathway in allergy asthma and rheumatoid arthritis."; Curr Drug Targets (2011); 12(3): 288-301 PMID : 20955151 ~ Park HS, Kim SR, Kim JO and Lee YC; "The roles of phytochemicals in bronchial asthma"; Molecules (2010); 15(10): 6810-34 PMID : 20924320 ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ Balaji Kasirajan, Rajadurai Maruthamuthu, Vidhya Gopalakrishnan, Krithika Arumugam, Hudson Asirvatham, Vidya Murali, Ramya Mohandass and Anusha Bhaskar; "A database for medicinal plants used in treatment of asthma"; Bioinformation (2007); 2(3): 105-106 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ RLS Sikarwar, Bharat Pathak & Anil Jaiswal; "Some unique ethnomedicinal perceptions of tribal communities of Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh"; Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (2008); 7(4): 613-617 PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : ~ Anupama Thapliyal, Roop Krishen Khar, Amrish Chandra; "Overview of Cancer and Medicinal Herbs used for Cancer Therapy"; Asian Journal of Pharmaceutics (2018); 12(1): S1-8 PMID : ~ Rajendra Prasad Bharti, Abhilasha shrivastava, Jagjeevan Ram Choudhary, Asha Tiwari and N. K. Soni; "Ethno Medicinal Plants used by Tribal Communities in Vindhya region of Rewa and Sidhi District of Madhya Pradesh, India"; IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (2013); 8(6): 23-28 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Rosidae |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Combretaceae - Indian Almond family |
| Genus | : Terminalia L. - tropical almond |
| Species | : Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. |