Medicinal uses of Terminalia spp. of Chutupalu, Jharkhand, India

T. N. Singh*
Department of Botany, Ramgarh College, Vinoba Bhave University, Hazaribagh

Received 16^th  July 2007; Revised 29^th August 2007

Abstract: All the species of Terminalia  are widely distributed in the forests of Jharkhand. Ethnobotanically they are of great importance. The aborigins have been traditionally using them as drug source for different ailments. The drug properties are fair and wide. In action they are aperients, antipyretic, attenuant, astringent, digestive, laxative, narcotic, ophthalmic and tonic.