Belliric myrobalan

Terminalia bellirica

Also known as Bedda nut tree

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About Belliric myrobalan

Terminalia bellirica, known as bahera, beleric or bastard myrobalan, is a large deciduous tree in the family Combretaceae. It is common on the plains and lower hills in South and Southeast Asia, where it is also grown as an avenue tree. The basionym is Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 90, t. 97. 1791). William Roxburgh transferred M. bellirica to Terminalia as "T. bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb.". This spelling error is now widely used, causing confusion. The correct name is Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.

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Plant Details

Scientific name: Terminalia bellirica
Genus: Terminalia
Family: COMBRETACEAE
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Native to: Indian subcontinent
Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China, Malesia
Flowering & fruiting: March-December
Conservation status: Not Evaluated (NE)

Local Names

Hindi: बहेड़ा bahera, बहुवीर्य bahuvirya, भूतवास bhutvaas
Nepali: बर्रो barro, बर्रो
Bengali: বহেড়া baheda, Baheda, Bahera
Tamil: தான்றி tanri, Semmaram, தான்றி
Telugu: భూతావాసము bhutavasamu, కర్షఫలము karshaphalamu, తాడి tadi
Kannada: ತಾಱಿ, ತಾರಿ Taari, ತಾಱೆ
Malayalam: താന്നി thaanni, Thanni, താന്നി
Marathi: बेहडा behada, बिभीतक bibhītaka, कलिद्रुम kalidruma

Botanical family

Combretaceae

Indian almond family

Belliric myrobalan belongs to the Combretaceae family.

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