Terminalia bellerica - Medicinal Plant

VIBHITAKI

Botanical Name—Terminalia bellerica Roxb.

(Myrobalanus bellerica Gaertn.)

Family-COMBRETACEAE 

 Names in different languages

Hindi-Bahed; English- Belleric myroba1an, Telugu: Tanikayá, Tadikaya; Tamil- Akkam, Todikai; Bengali- Baida

 Synonyms—Aksaphala, Ka1idruña, Karaphala,

Introduction

             In Rig-Veda we come across the herb ‘Vibhitaka’. its branches (dried) are used for Yajna. Folk consider its seeds as poisonous. in the recent studies an edible oil is obtained from Vibhitaki seeds .it is one of the ingredients in Triphalã (three myrobalans).