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| Botanical Name | Terminalia arjuna W. & A. |
|---|---|
| Tamil Name | Pillai maruthu |
| Family | Combretaceae |
| Cotyledon | Dicot |
| Habit | Tree |
| Description | Narrow oblong leaves, stems often buttressed, barks pinkish grey, smooth, wood brown |
| Medicinal uses | • Chest pain |
| • high blood pressure | |
| • obesity | |
| • anti - oxidant and | |
| • heart failure | |
| Places / Locations | * Alagar Hills, Dindigul |
| * Mooligai Vanam, Kodiyakkarai, Nagapattinam District | |
| * Kancheepuram District | |
| * Tiruchirappalli District | |
| * Kolli Hills, Namakkal District | |