Arjun Tree
Arjun Tree
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Description
Arjun Tree is an evergreen, deciduous tree that grows about 20–25 meters tall. The tree is found growing in wet, marshy areas on riverbanks, banks of streams and rivers and normally prefers humid, fertile and red lateritic soils, but it can grow in any type of soils. Arjun Tree is common throughout India especially in the sub Himalayan Tracts and Eastern India.
The Bark of the Arjuna tree contains calcium salts, magnesium salts, and glucosides have been used in traditional Ayurvedic herbalism Juice of its leaf is used to cure dysentry and earache. Arjun Tree helps in maintaining the cholesterol level at the normal rate, as it contains the antioxidant properties similar to the Vitamin E. It is used for the treatment of coronary artery disease, heart failure, edema, angina and hypercholesterolemia.
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Order: Myrtales
- Family: Combretaceae
- Genus: Terminalia
- Species: T. Arjuna
- Scientific Name: Terminalia Arjuna
