Asan / Indian Laurel
Terminalia alata
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- May-February
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Terminalia alata
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Telangana, Gujarat, West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Meghalaya, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
Typical of the Combretaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- Wingedrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Spike
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Asan itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- आसन Asan, साज Saj
- Marathi
- ऐन Ain, असण Asan, साताडा Satada, शार्दूळ Shardul
- Tamil
- அருச்சுனம் Aruccunam, கருமருது Karumarutu, மருதமரம் Marutamaram
- Malayalam
- Matthi
- Telugu
- ఇనుమద్ది Innu maddi, Nalla maddi
- Kannada
- ಬನಪು banapu, ಕರಿಮತ್ತಿ,Karimatti, ಸದರ Sadara, ಮೞ್ತಿ Mazhti, Malti, ಮತ್ತಿ Matti, ಜುವ್ವಾರೆ Juvvaare
- Bengali
- Asan
- Odia
- Sahaju
- Sanskrit
- रक्तअर्जुन Raktarjun, असन Asan, Sarj सर्ज
About Asan
Indian Laurel (Terminalia alata) is a tree in the Combretaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 27 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to February.
Uses
In practice it is long used in traditional medicine, cut for timber and furniture and a source of dye or tannin. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Combretaceae
Indian almond family
Asan belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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