Combretaceae
Myrobalan
Terminalia chebula
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Terminalia
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Common names
By language (33)
- ace
- Keudeukè
- Arabic
- هليلج كابلي, اهليلج كابلي, شجر شعير هندي
- arz
- هليلج كابلى
- Assamese
- শিলিখা
- Bangla
- হরিতকী
- Burmese
- ဖန်ခါးသီး
- Chinese
- 诃子, 訶子, 藏青果, 西青果, 诃子叶, 绒毛诃子, 诃黎勒, 诃子（诃子树）
- Divehi
- އަރޮޅި
- English
- Myrobalan, Chebulic myrobalan
- Gujarati
- હરડે
- Hindi
- हरीतकी, हरड़, हर्रे
- Indonesian
- Mojokeling
- Japanese
- ミロバラン, カシ, ミロバランノキ
- Kannada
- ಅಳಲೆ ಕಾಯಿ
- Khmer
- សម៉
- lah
- ہرڑ
- Lithuanian
- Plaukuotasis viršūklis
- Malayalam
- കടുക്ക, സർഷപം
- Marathi
- हिरडा
- mnw
- ဂမောဝ်၊ တၞံ
- Nepali
- हर्रो
- Odia
- ହରିଡ଼ା
- Pashto
- هريړه
- Persian
- هلیله سیاه, هلیلهٔ سیاه
- Polish
- Migdałecznik chebułowiec
- Punjabi
- ਹਰੜ
- Sanskrit
- हरीतकी, अश्वत्थः
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇၼႃႉ, မၢၵ်ႇၼ, မၢၵ်ႇၼႃႉ
- Tajik
- Балила
- Tamil
- கடுக்காய்
- tcy
- ಅಣಿಲೆಕಾಯಿ
- Telugu
- కరక్కాయ
- Thai
- สมอไทย, ต้นสมอไทย, มะนะ, มาแน, ม่าแน, สมออัพยา, หมากแนะ, หมากแน่ะ
Synonyms
- Buceras chebula (Retz.) Lyons
- Combretum argyrophyllum K.Schum.
- Myrobalanifera citrina Houtt.
- Myrobalanifera fertilis J.F.Gmel.
- Myrobalanus chebula (Retz.) Gaertn.
- Myrobalanus gangetica (Roxb.) Kostel.
- Myrobalanus tomentella Kuntze
- Terminalia acuta Walp.
- Terminalia argyrophylla King & Prain
- Terminalia aruta Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don
- Terminalia bengalensis Roxb. ex DC.
- Terminalia chebula var. chebula
- Terminalia chebula var. gangetica (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke
- Terminalia chebula var. tomentella (Kurz) C.B.Clarke
- Terminalia gangetica Roxb.
- Terminalia glandulipetiolata De Wild.
- Terminalia reticulata B.Heyne ex Roth
- Terminalia rotata Roxb. ex DC.
- Terminalia tomentella Kurz
Flowers
- In flower
- April (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Seema Merchant, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Delonix, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zhangzhugang, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vikas D Prasad, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.