Beleric Myrobalan .(Samo Phiphek)

Medicinal Plants in Thailand.

Terminalia belerica Roxb.

COMBRETACEAE

Beleric Myrobalan

Thai name : Samo Phiphek

Tree, 25-50 m high. Leaf simple, alternate, ellip-tic-obovate, 5-10 cm wide, 10-20 cm long. Inflorescence in axillary, spiciform raceme, polygamo-dioecious; flowers yellow. Fruit fleshy, subglobose, angular.

Unripe fruit: laxative. Ripe fruit: antidiarrheal, astringent.

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