Health Benefits and Medicinal Properties of Arjuna

Dr Vikram Chauhan11 May, 2024Health

Terminalia arjuna is a tree up to 25 meter hight. It grows along the river banks, plains of northern India.bark grey, smooth; leaves sub-opposite, 5?14 ? 2?4.5 cm., oblong or elliptic oblong, glabrous, often inequilateral, margin often crenulate, apex obtuse or sub-acute, base rounded or sometimes cordate; petioles 0.5?1.2cm; glands usually two. Flowers small, white. Fruit 2.3?3.5 cm long, fibrous woody, glabrous with 5 hard wings, striated with numerous curved veins. Flowering time April?July in Indian conditions.