Botanical Name: Terminalia crenulata
Family: Combretaceae
Names in different Indian languages
| English | Black murdah |
|---|---|
| Hindi | Asaina, khuha |
| Kannada | Sadala, asna |
| Malayalam | Karimaruthu, tempavu |
| Sanskrit | Chagakarnah |
| Tamil | Karimaruthu |
| Telugu | Nallmadi, tani |
| Unani | |
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Morphology
It is a tree growing to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 1 m. The fruit is ovoid, 3 cm long, with five wings not extending beyond the fruit apex. The bark is fire-resistant. The wood is coarse, fairly straight grained, dull to somewhat lustrous and without any smell or taste. The heartwood varies from light brown with few markings to dark brown or brownish black and figured with darker streaks. The sapwood is reddish white and sharply differentiated. The heartwood is moderately durable and the sapwood is liable to powder-post beetle attack.