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Family: Combretaceae	Genus: Terminalia	Species: Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.( बहेड़ा )

Habit	Leaf	Flower	Fruit	Bark

Synonym	Myrobalanus laurinoides (Teijsm. & Binn.) Kuntze,	Flower Color	Greenish
Common Name	Bahera	Flower Type	Solitary
English / Trade Name	Belliric Myrobalan, Bedda Nut Tree	Flowering Period	April-June
Vernacular /Local Name	Bahera	Fruiting Period	July-Sept
Altitude	Upto 1200 M	Fruit Type	Drupe
Habit	Tree	Fruit Details	Fruit Obovoid, Grey – Velvety, 2.5 – 3.5 Cm Long, Obscurely Angled When Dry, Containing Large Stone
Habitat	Semi-evergreen And Moist Deciduous Forests, Also In The Plains	Bark Type	Rugged
Distribution	India,Indomalaysia	Bark Details	Bark Ashy Dark-grey Or Brown,Rough,exfoliating In Irregular Brownish Small Scale
Distribution in Haryana	Ambala, Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore, Palwal, Panipat, Sonepat, Yamuna Nagar	Origin	Native
		Leaf Type	Simple
		Leaf Arrangement	Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
		Leaf Shape	Obovate
Description of Species	Deciduous Trees, To 30 M High. Bark Thick, Dark Grey. Leaves Alternate, Crowded Towards The End Of Branches, Elliptic – Obovate, 9.8 – 28 X 3.5 – 14 Cm, Glabrous When Mature, Coriaceous, Entire, Undulate, Subacute Or Acuminate, Base Narrow, Often Unequal. Petioles To 4 Cm Long. Flowers Pale Greenish Yellow, Sessile, In Solitary Or Extra Axillary, 7 – 20 Cm Long Spikes. Clayx Teeth Triangular, Woolly Inside. Stamens Much Exserted. Drupes Obovoid, Grey – Velvety, 2.5 – 3.5 Cm Long, Obscurely Angled When Dry, Containing Large Stone	Leaf Details	Leaves Alternate, Crowded Towards The End Of Branches, Elliptic – Obovate, 9.8 – 28 X 3.5 – 14 Cm, Glabrous When Mature, Coriaceous, Entire, Undulate, Subacute Or Acuminate, Base Narrow, Often Unequal.P Etioles Upto 4 Cm Long

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