Terminalia ovata var. angustifolia (Clarke) S.Yadav & M.R.Almeida
Terminalia tomentosa Wight & Arn.
Common names are asna; saj or saaj; Indian laurel; marutham (Tamil); matti (Kannada); ain (Marathi); taukkyan (Burma); sadar, matti or marda (India); asana (Sri Lanka); and casually crocodile bark due to the characteristic bark pattern.
It is a tree growing to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 1 m. The fruit is ovoid, 3 cm long, with five wings not extending beyond the fruit apex.[4] The bark is fire-resistant. The wood is coarse, fairly straight grained, dull to somewhat lustrous and without any smell or taste. The hardwood varies from light brown with few markings to dark brown or brownish black and figured with darker streaks. The sapwood is reddish white and sharply differentiated. The heartwood is moderately durable and the sapwood is liable to powder-post beetle attack.[5]
Terminalia tomentosa has a remarkable attribute: some members of the species store water in the dry season. A survey conducted at Bandipur National Park, India showed that a proportion of trees store water and there is a girth dependent increase in the frequency and amount of water storage. The mechanism and ecophysiological significance of this water storage is not known.[6]
The wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, joinery, paneling, specialty items, boat-building, railroad cross-ties (treated), decorative veneers and for musical instruments (e.g. for guitar fretboard).
Water stored in the stem is often tapped and used as a source of potable water in the summer by forest folk. It is also thought to have curative value for stomach pain.
Outside of its native range, it is cultivated in southern China.[4]
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October 19, 2023
terminalia, elliptica, species, terminalia, native, southern, southeast, asia, india, nepal, bangladesh, myanmar, thailand, laos, cambodia, vietnam, prominent, part, both, moist, deciduous, forests, southern, india, 1000, scientific, classificationkingdom, pla. Terminalia elliptica is a species of Terminalia native to southern and southeast Asia in India Nepal Bangladesh Myanmar Thailand Laos Cambodia and Vietnam 2 3 It is a prominent part of both dry and moist deciduous forests in southern India up to 1000 m Terminalia ellipticaScientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsClade RosidsOrder MyrtalesFamily CombretaceaeGenus TerminaliaSpecies T ellipticaBinomial nameTerminalia ellipticaWilld Synonyms 1 List Pentaptera coriacea Roxb Pentaptera crenulata Roth DC Pentaptera cuneata DC Pentaptera macrocarpa Wall Pentaptera maradu G Don Pentaptera tomentosa Roxb ex DC Terminalia alata Roth Terminalia arjuna var angustifolia C B Clarke Terminalia coriacea Roxb Wight amp Arn Terminalia coriacea Spreng Terminalia crenulata Roth Terminalia macrocarpa Steud ex Kurz Terminalia ovata Rottler ex C B Clarke Terminalia ovata var angustifolia Clarke S Yadav amp M R Almeida Terminalia tomentosa Wight amp Arn Common names are asna saj or saaj Indian laurel marutham Tamil matti Kannada ain Marathi taukkyan Burma sadar matti or marda India asana Sri Lanka and casually crocodile bark due to the characteristic bark pattern It is a tree growing to 30 m tall with a trunk diameter of 1 m The fruit is ovoid 3 cm long with five wings not extending beyond the fruit apex 4 The bark is fire resistant The wood is coarse fairly straight grained dull to somewhat lustrous and without any smell or taste The hardwood varies from light brown with few markings to dark brown or brownish black and figured with darker streaks The sapwood is reddish white and sharply differentiated The heartwood is moderately durable and the sapwood is liable to powder post beetle attack 5 Terminalia tomentosa has a remarkable attribute some members of the species store water in the dry season A survey conducted at Bandipur National Park India showed that a proportion of trees store water and there is a girth dependent increase in the frequency and amount of water storage The mechanism and ecophysiological significance of this water storage is not known 6 Water storage in T ellipticaContents 1 Uses 2 In culture 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksUses EditThe wood is used for furniture cabinetwork joinery paneling specialty items boat building railroad cross ties treated decorative veneers and for musical instruments e g for guitar fretboard The leaves are used as food by Antheraea paphia silkworms which produce the tassar silk Tussah a form of commercially important wild silk 2 7 The bark is used medicinally against diarrhoea Oxalic acid can be extracted from it The bark and especially the fruit yield pyrogallol and catechol to dye and tan leather Water stored in the stem is often tapped and used as a source of potable water in the summer by forest folk It is also thought to have curative value for stomach pain Outside of its native range it is cultivated in southern China 4 In culture EditIn Theravada Buddhism a tree of this kind is said to have been used as the tree for achieving enlightenment Bodhi by the twentieth Tissa Buddha Other text books identify the Azadirachta indica as the Bodhi tree of Tissa Buddha See also EditList of Indian timber treesReferences Edit Terminalia elliptica Willd Plants of the World Online Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 2017 Retrieved 6 September 2020 a b Terminalia elliptica Germplasm Resources Information Network Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Retrieved 21 December 2017 Sal and Saaj Deforestation in West Nepal Terminalia Tomentosa a b Flora of China Terminalia Wood Technical Fact Sheet Terminalia tomentosa complex Archived 2007 03 17 at the Wayback Machine Current Science Water Storage in Terminalia tomentosa Animals and Animal Projects fao org Food and Agriculture Organization Retrieved 14 November 2017 External links Edit nbsp Media related to Terminalia alata at Wikimedia Commons nbsp Data related to Terminalia elliptica at Wikispecies Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Terminalia elliptica amp oldid 1139865510, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
