Saaj / Indian Laurel
Terminalia elliptica
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Terminalia elliptica
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Sikkim, West Bengal
- 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 Saaj itself; the rest are typical of the Combretaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Saaj
- Sanskrit
- असन
- Tamil
- Kallimaruthu
- Kannada
- ಮತ್ತಿ
- Malayalam
- Karimaruthu
- Marathi
- अईन, आईन
About Saaj
Indian Laurel (Terminalia elliptica) is a species in the Combretaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 17 other states.
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
Saaj belongs to the Combretaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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