Chebulic myrobalan

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Terminalia chebula

Chebulic myrobalan, a reference photo
Photo: J.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

Terminalia chebula, commonly known as black- or chebulic myrobalan, is a species of Terminalia, native to South Asia from India, Pakistan and Nepal east to southwest China (Yunnan), and south to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, and Vietnam. It is also known as "Haritaki".

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Chebulic myrobalan being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Myrtales
Family
Combretaceae
Species
Terminalia chebula

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