Terminalia arjuna is a tree of the genusTerminalia. It is commonly known as arjuna[1] or arjun tree in English.[2] It is used as a traditional medicinal plant.[3]
Description
T. arjuna grows to about 20–25 metres tall; usually has a buttressed trunk, and forms a wide canopy at the crown, from which branches drop downwards. It has oblong, conical leaves which are green on the top and brown below; smooth, grey bark; it has pale yellow flowers which appear between March and June; its glabrous, 2.5 to 5cm fibrous woody fruit, divided into five wings, appears between September and November.[1][2]
The arjuna is one of the species whose leaves are fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the tassar silk, a wild silk of commercial importance.[6]
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