Terminalia catappa

Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Terminalia catappa
Scientific Name and Description
Terminalia catappa L.
Herb Family

Plant Synonyms

Plant Synonyms
Badamia commersonii Gaertn.
Buceras catappa (L.) Hitchc.
Catappa domestica Rumph.
Juglans catappa (L.) Lour.
Myrobalanus catappa (L.) Kuntze
Myrobalanus terminalia Poir.
Terminalia badamia DC.
Terminalia intermedia Bertero ex Spreng.
Terminalia latifolia Blanco
Terminalia moluccana Lam.
Terminalia myrobalana Roth
Terminalia ovatifolia Noronha
Terminalia paraensis Mart.
Terminalia procera Roxb.
Terminalia rubrigemmis Tul.
Terminalia subcordata Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

English barbados almond, indian almond, indian barbados, wild almond
Hindi badam, badami, deshi-badam, hijli-badam, hindi-badam, hindibadam, jangli-badam, janglibadam, patee-badam, Native almond, wild almond
Kannada ada, baadaami, badami, badami-mara, badamu, deshee baadami, gaare kaayi, ingudi mara, kaadu baadaami, kadubadami, katubadamu, naadu baadaami, naadu badaami, nat-badami, natubadami, olagra, olegra, taree, thaapasaru, urubadami, uruvadami, valagra
Malayalam ada, adamaram, ata, badam, katappa, kotta-kuru, kottakkuru, natbadam, nattu-badam, nattubadam, natvadam, talitanna, talitenna, thallithenga
Marathi amenamchem, bangaali baadaam, bemgali, bengalibadam, desi-badam, hirani baadaam, hiranibadam, jangli baadaam, janglibadama, natbadam, Wild almond. 
Sanskrit desabadama, deshabadamitte, grahadruma, inggudi, ingudi, kshudrabadama, kshudrabija, tailaphala, tapasataruvu, vatama, Kshudravatam, Grahadruma
Tamil amandi, amandi-maram, nat vadom, nattoo vadomchottay, nattu-vadam, nattu-vadam-kottai, nattuvadumai, natvadom, pinga, siruppinga, vadham, vadumai, vatha-kottai, vathakottai, vatumai, vatumai-k-kottai
Telugu baadaamu chettu, badam, badam chettu, badami, badamu, batham, ingudi, karakaaya, naatubaadaamu, nattu-badam-vittulu, natu badami, natubadamu, tapasataruvu, thaapasatharuvu, uadam vitthiloo, vadam, vadamvitelloo, vedam, Badamuchettu
Odia Desiyobadamo
Urdu Almond (Baadaam)
Kannada Taree
Gujrati Desi badam, Badamalil
Tamil Katapang Nattuvadumai;
Bengali Bangla badam;
Nepali Kaathe badaam
Malayalam Adamarram
English Tropical almond, Sea almond, Bengal almond
Arabic Bedam
Persian Badamehindi
Common names Indian almond, Malabar almond, sea almond, tropical almond,beach almond false kamani
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Leaves
Fruits
Gum
Ethnopharmacology use

Terminalia catappa L.

Habit -Tree

Parts used -Leaves, Fruit, gum

Application -Cough; dysentry; liver diseases; prevents cancer

Treatment -General

References -Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2010, Suganthi and Libina 2015


 

References

Literature

Literature
Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2010,
Suganthi and Libina 2015
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)

Citations

Herb citations

Terminalia catappa. (2024, July 6). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_catappa