Myrobalans
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The common names myrobalan or myrobalans can refer to several unrelated fruit-bearing plant species:
  • Cherry plum
    Cherry plum
    Prunus cerasifera is a species of plum known by the common names cherry plum and myrobalan plum. It is native to Europe and Asia....

     myrobalan plum (Prunus cerasifera)
  • Amla
    Indian gooseberry
    Phyllanthus emblica , the Indian gooseberry, or aamla, is a deciduous tree of the Phyllanthaceae family. It is known for its edible fruit of the same name.-Plant anatomy and harvesting:...

      Amalaki, emblic myrobalans (Emblica officinalis)
  • Bibhitaki Belliric myrobalans (Terminalia bellirica)
  • Haritaki
    Haritaki
    Haritaki is an herbaceous plant. Its Latin Name is Terminalia Chebula. Its common names are Harar, Harida, Black Myrobalan, Chebulic Myrobalan.-Botany:...

     Chebulic myrobalans (Terminalia chebula
    Terminalia chebula
    Terminalia chebula is a species of Terminalia, native to southern Asia from India and Nepal east to southwestern China , and south to Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Vietnam.It is a deciduous tree growing to tall, with a trunk up to in diameter...

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  • Arjuna
    Arjuna
    Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...

     Arjun myrobalans (Terminalia arjuna
    Terminalia arjuna
    Terminalia arjuna is a tree of the genus Terminalia.-Description:...

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See also Mirabelle, Triphala
Triphala
Triphala is an Ayurvedic herbal rasayana formula consisting of equal parts of three myrobalans, taken without seed: Amalaki , Bibhitaki , and Haritaki...

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