Terminalia arjuna

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iTerminalia arjuna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
Species: T. arjuna
Binomial name
Terminalia arjuna

Terminalia arjuna is a medicinal plant of the genus Terminalia, widely praised & used by Ayurvedic physicians for its curative properties in organic/functional heart problems like angina, hypertension, deposits in arteries etc. According to Ayurvedic texts it also very useful in the treatment of any sort of pain due a fall, ecchymosis of all types, spermatorrhoea & sexually transmitted diseases like gonorrhoea.