Botanical Name – Terminalia arjuna

Common Name – Arjuna, Kahua, Aajan, Arjun (Hindi), Neermaruthu (Malayalam), Mathi (Kannada)

Habit

• Large evergreen tree
• Medium rate of growth
  
  

Habitat

• Riverine habitat
• Grows in dry deciduous, moist deciduous and semi evergreen forest
  
  

Distribution

• Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Odisha and Central of India
  
  

Specific Properties

• One of the crucial members of riparian forests
• Withstands waterlogging
  
  

Ecology

• Nectar and pollen for birds, bees and butterflies
• Larval host plant for Common Tinsel (Catapaecilma major) butterfly
• Provides habitat to birds, insects
• Arjuna is one of the species whose leaves are fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth ( tassar silk moth)
  
  

Uses

• One of the most used medicinal plants
• Used to treat heart disease since ancient times
• Used for treatment of wounds, haemorrhages, ulcers, blood pressure, blood cholesterol, treat ear-ache and as tonic
• Leaves used for moth culture for wild silk production
• Planted as a shade tree in coffee plantations
• Gum is rich in tannin
  
  

Propagation

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