<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Combretaceae&amp;w=91314344@N00">Combretaceae</a> (rangoon creeper family) » <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Terminaliaelliptica&amp;w=91314344@N00">Terminalia elliptica</a></i>
</p><p><b>ter-min-NAY-lee-uh</b> -- from Latin <i>terminus</i> (end), referring to leaves at the end of shoots 
<b>ee-LIP-tih-kuh</b> -- meaning, elliptical, about twice as long as wide
</p><p><b>commonly known as</b>: black murdah, crocodile-bark tree, Indian laurel, silver grey wood, white chuglam • <b>Bengali</b>: asan • <b>Gujarati</b>: સાદડ sadad • <b>Hindi</b>: असना or आसन asana, साज saj • <b>Kannada</b>: ಕರಿಮತ್ತಿ karimatti • <b>Marathi</b>: अयन or आईन or ऐन ain, असण or असणा asan, साताडा satada, शार्दूल or शार्दूळ shardul • <b>Oriya</b>: sahaju • <b>Sanskrit</b>: रक्तअर्जुन raktarjun • <b>Tamil</b>: அருச்சுனம் aruccunam, கருமருது karumarutu, மருதமரம் marutamaram • <b>Telugu</b>: ఇనుమద్ది innu maddi, చండ్ర మద్ది nalla maddi
</p><p><b>Native to</b>: tropical Asia, mainly India and Burma
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<b>References</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Laurel.html">Flowers of India</a> • <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminalia_elliptica" class="extiw" title="en:Terminalia elliptica">Wikipedia</a> • <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410549">NPGS / GRIN</a>
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/91314344@N00">Dinesh Valke</a> from Thane, India
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