Terminalia Bellirica

About this plant

Description Bibhitaki is a large deciduous tree found throughout India that reaches a height up to 30 meters. Bibhitaki is a large deciduous tree found throughout India that reaches a height up to 30 meters. The trunk of the tree is straight with brownish-grey color. Leaves are long, alternate, oval, and are clustered towards the end of branches. These are 7-14cm in breadth and 10-12cm in length. Simple and solitary flowers are white or yellow in color, with an offensive odor. Flowers appear in the month of May. The upper part of the plant is male and the lower part is female. Fruits are grey-colored drupes, ovoid in shape. Sweet kernels inside the hard covering of fruit are sweet in taste, but these are narcotic in action.