Terminalia chebula Fruit

DEFINITION

The article consists of the pericarp of dried ripe fruits 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

None known.

SELECTED COMMON NAMES

Chinese: 诃子, 訶梨勒