Terminalia chebula Fruit

DEFINITION

The article consists of the dried fruit of Terminalia chebula Retz. (Family Combretaceae). It contains NLT 15% of hydrolyzable tannins calculated as the sum of chebulagic acid and chebulinic acid, on the dried basis.

SYNONYMS

Myrobalanifera citrina Houtt.

Myrobalanus chebula (Retz.) Gaertn.

Myrobalanus gangetica (Roxb.) Kostel.

Terminalia gangetica Roxb.

Terminalia reticulata Roth.

POTENTIAL CONFOUNDING MATERIALS

Terminalia citrine

SELECTED COMMON NAMES

Chinese: 诃子, 訶梨勒

English: Black myrobalan, chebulic...