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Terminalia arjuna
Also called Kumbuk, White Murdh, Arjun Tree
Arjun is a large deciduous shade tree of the Indian subcontinent, valued as a traditional medicinal plant and grown along rivers and roadsides. It is grown as a tree outdoors in tropical and subtropical climates rather than as a houseplant.
Terminalia arjuna is a tree of the genus Terminalia. It is commonly known as arjuna or arjun tree in English. It is used as a traditional medicinal plant.
The arjuna is seen across the Indian subcontinent, and usually found growing on river banks or near dry river beds in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha and south and central India, Karachi Pakistan along with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. It has also been planted in Malaysia, Indonesia and Kenya.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia arjuna by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
