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Bibhitaki
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Bibhitaki

Terminalia bellirica

Terminalia bellirica, known as bahera or beleric or bastard myrobalan, (Arabic: beliledj بليلج , Sanskrit: Vibhitaka विभितक, Aksha अक्ष ), is a large deciduous tree common on plains and lower hills in Southeast Asia, where it is also grown as an avenue tree. The basionym is Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 90, t. 97. 1791). William Roxburgh transferred M. bellirica to Terminalia as "T. bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb.". This spelling error is now widely used,...

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