Botanical name : Terminalia paniculata Roxb.
Family : Combretaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Asvakarna
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Kashaya, Tikta
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha
Virya   : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Flowering murdah
Hindi  :
Malayalam : Poomarutu, Vella marutu, Poolamarutu
Distribution – In semi evergreen forests of Western Ghats.  
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A large deciduous tree grows up to 30 meters in height. Leaves simple, upper alternate, lower opposite, elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate; flowers small brown, sessile, in rusty pubescent spike, fruits reddish brown winged. 
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated kapha, pitta, cough, bronchitis, cardiac debility, diabetes, wounds and skin diseases
Useful part : Bark.