Katukka (Malayalam: കടുക്ക)

Combretaceae (rangoon creeper family) » Terminalia chebula

 

ter-min-NAY-lee-uh -- from Latin terminus (end), referring to leaves at the end of shoots

¿ CHAY-boo-lah ? -- of or from Kabul

 

commonly known as: black myrobalan, chebulic myrobalan, Indian gall-nut, ink nut, yellow myrobalan • Assamese: শিলিখা shilikha • Bengali: হরীতকী haritaki • Coorgi: ಅಳಲೆ alale • Gujarati: હરડે harde, હરડી hardi • Hindi: हर्रा harra, हरीतक haritak • Kannada: ಅಳಲೆ alale • Konkani: हरडी hardi, ओरडो ordo • Lepcha: silimkung • Malayalam: കടുക്ക katukka • Manipuri: মনাহী manahi • Marathi: हिरडा hirda • Nepalese: हर्रो harro • Oriya: karedha • Persian: هليله halela • Prakrit: हरडओ harado • Sanskrit: हरीतकी haritaki • Santal: rol • Sindhi: har • Tamil: கடுக்காய் katu-k-kay • Telugu: కరక karaka • Tulu: anile • Urdu: haejarad

 

Native to: China, Indian sub-continent, Indo-China; naturalized elsewhere

 

 

References: Flowers of India • NPGS / GRIN • DDSA • M.M.P.N.D.

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