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Botanical Name: |
Terminalia
arjuna
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| Synonyms: |
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T.glabra
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T.crenulata
Roth
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Pentaptera
arjuna
Roxb.
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P.glabra
Roxb.
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| Common Name: |
| Anjan, Arjun, Arjuna, Anjani, Arjan, Jamla, Koha, Kowa, Kahua (Hindi); Arjun (Oudh, Bengal); Hanjal (Cuttack); Vella marda, Vella matti, Vella maruthu (Tamil); Arjun, Anjan, Sadura (Marata); Maddi, Billi matti (Karnataka); Yer maddi, Erra maddi, Tella madu (Telegu); Holematti (Kannada); Taukkyan (Burma); Kumbuk (Cingh). |
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| Origin: |
| Indigenous |
| Distribution: |
| Banks of rivers and stream throughout Central and South India. |
| Description: |
| A large deciduous tree with smooth grey bark. It prefers banks of streams. It is propagated from seed. Bark used as a tonic and to heel wounds. |
| Wood Properties: |
| Heartwood sharply differentiated from the sapwood. Sapwood pinkish-white to pinkish-grey or pale grey; heartwood walnut brown to deep brown sometimes with darker streaks giving a handsome figure; moderately hard and heavy, straight to somewhat interlocked-grained, coarse-textured. |
| Durability: |
| Moderately durable with an average life of 119 months. A moderately refractory wood to season, somewhat liable to warping and splitting. The sapwood is very perishable and should not be used untreated. |
| Uses: |
| House-building, carts, shafts, axles, naves of wheels, agricultural implements, well- construction, boats, oars, masts, brush-back. |
| Wood Infesting Insects: ( Click any one Wood Infesting Insect to view details) |
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Hypothenemus
sp.
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Caranistes
arboreus
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Sphenoptera
sp.
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Lyctus
africans
Lesne
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Sinoxylon
atratum
Lesne
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Sinoxylon
crassum
Lesne
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| Reference: |
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| http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/database/?q=node/3 |
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| Troup,R.S.1986.Indian Woods and their uses Soni Reprints Agency,Delhi. |
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| Ramesh Rao, K and Purkayastha, S. K. 1972. Indian Woods: Their identification, properties and uses. Volume III. Manager of publications, Delhi. |
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