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Terminalia chebula is a species of plant in the family Combretaceae, belonging to the genus Terminalia. It is classified within the order Myrtales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species is commonly known as myrobalan, oh chee, and by several other names including 诃子, 诃黎勒, and 藏青果.
The taxon range includes Fujian, the Tibet Autonomous Region, and Myanmar. It has also been introduced to China Southeast, DR Congo, Malaya, Pakistan, and Taiwan. Terminalia chebula is utilized as a medicinal plant, for wood, food, and as a dye plant. Its IUCN conservation status was assessed as Least Concern in 2021.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyCombretaceae
Terminalia chebula (le myrobolan noir ou myrobolanier) est une espèce d'arbres de la famille des Combretaceae. Le fruit de l'arbre s'appelle myrobolan chébule, avant maturité, ou myrobolan indien ou indique. Les graines sont appelées graines d'harad. Les graines d'harad entrent dans la fabrication du sel noir, un type de sel gemme utilisé couramment en Asie du Sud comme condiment salé à l'odeur forte. L’acide lutéique est un acide organique présent dans des ellagitanins, un type de tanins hydrolysables. C'est un produit naturel que l'on trouve dans des fruits de T. chebula. L'espèce contient aussi de l'acide chébulique.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 409
- With media
- 342
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Collections
- CAS, ANSP, NY, MICH, MU
- Recorded in
- China, Thailand, United States, India, Laos, Myanmar
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Terminalia
- Image
- Terminalia chebula - South China Botanical Garden 2013.11.02 11-07-25.jpg
- Has use
- dye plant
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- taxon name
- Terminalia chebula
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons category
- Terminalia chebula
- taxon common name
- 黄诃子皮
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- short name
- T. chebula
- taxon author citation
- Retz.
- taxon range
- Myanmar
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
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Encyclopedic overview
Terminalia chebula, commonly known as black- or chebulic myrobalan, is a species of Terminalia, native to South Asia from India, Pakistan and Nepal east to southwest China (Yunnan), and south to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Vietnam.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Terminalia chebula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.