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Combretaceae

Myrobalan

Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.

Family
Combretaceae
Genus
Terminalia

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Myrobalan (Terminalia bellirica)
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (30)
Arabic
بليلج, بليله
Assamese
ভোমোৰা
Bangla
বহেড়া
Burmese
သစ်ဆိမ့်ပင်
Chinese
毗黎勒, 三果木皮, 毗黎勒(毛诃子), 毛诃子
Divehi
ބުރޮޅި
English
Myrobalan
Gujarati
બહેડો
Hindi
बहेड़ा
Indonesian
Jelawai
Japanese
セイタカミロバラン
Kannada
ಶಾಂತಿಮರ
lah
بہیڑا
Malayalam
താന്നി, Beleric
Marathi
बेहडा
mnw
မကၠဵု၊ တၞမ်
Nepali
बर्रो
Odia
ବାହାଡ଼ା, ବାହାଡା
Persian
بلیله
Punjabi
ਬਹੇੜਾ
Russian
Бибхитаки, Бибитаки
Sanskrit
बिभीतकीवृक्षः
shn
တူၼ်ႈမႆႉႁႅၼ်, မႆႉမၢၵ်ႇႁႅၼ်, မႆႉႁႅၼ်
Sindhi
ٻهيڙو, ٻَهيڙو
Sinhala
බුලු
Swedish
Kali
Tamil
தான்றி, தான்றிக்காய்
Telugu
తాండ్రచెట్టు, తాండ్రకాయ
Thai
สมอพิเภก
Vietnamese
Bàng hôi

Synonyms

  • Buceras bellirica (Gaertn.) Lyons
  • Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertn.
  • Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze
  • Myrobalanus punctata (Roth) Kuntze
  • Myrobalanus tania Buch.-Ham. ex Kostel.
  • Myrobalanus taria Buch.-Ham.
  • Terminalia attenuata Edgew.
  • Terminalia belirica Wall.
  • Terminalia bellirica var. laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) C.B.Clarke
  • Terminalia biticaria Roxb.
  • Terminalia eglandulosa Roxb. ex C.B.Clarke
  • Terminalia gella Dalzell
  • Terminalia laurinoides Teijsm. & Binn.
  • Terminalia moluccana Roxb.
  • Terminalia myrobalana B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Terminalia punctata Roth
  • Terminalia taria Buch.-Ham.

Flowers

In flower
March to April (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.