Arjuna Extract

Terminalia arjuna being taken as the source of Arjuna. But some take T.panniculata & even T.tomentosa as Arjuna.Even Sterculia urens is considered as Arjuna in Rajasthan & in parts of Pakistan.

K.C.Chunekar ji in the commentary of Bhavaprakasha Nighantu states that some Physicians in India consider L. flos-reginae to be the source of ARJUNA, Inspite of the fact that the common source of ARJUNA being Terminalia arjuna, Combretaceae.

Features of Terminalia arjuna :

• Botanical Name-Terminalia arjuna (Roxb) W&A
• Family- COMBRETACEAE
• Names in different languages:
• English Name- Arjun Tree, Arjunolic Myrobalan
• Hindi & Bengali Name-Arjun
• Manipuri name – Maiyokpha
• Telugu Name – Tella Maddi
• Marathi- Sadaru,
• Gujarati Name – Sadado
• Tamil Name -Poomarudhu, Neermarudhu / Belma/Marudam patti / Marutu
• Malayalam name – Adamboe, Chola venmaruthu, Poomaruthu, Manimaruthu, Neermaruthu
• Kannada Name – Neer matti, Holemaththi, Holedaasaala