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
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