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Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.

baheda, bahera, behada, beleric, bastard myrobalan

Other names

International recognized trade name (ATIBT)
English baheda, bahera, behada, beleric, bastard myrobalan
Other names (Arabic: beliledj بليلج, borrowed from Middle Persian Balilag), Persian بلیله (Balileh), Sanskrit: Bibhitaka बिभीतक, Aksha अक्ष)

Further information

Intkey
COL
Wikipedia
FSC

Origin

States and Territories India (incl. Poonch, Jammu); Pakistan (Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Mirpur); Nepal; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Java; peninsular Malaysia (Kedah, Terengganu, Perak, Pahang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan); Singapore; Laos; Viet Nam; Sumatra; Borneo; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, Wetar); Sulawesi; Moluccas (Ambon, Kei Isl.); China (S-Yunnan); S-Tibet; Cambodia; Myanmar (Bago, Magway, Mandalay); Bhutan [I]; Trinidad & Tobago [I]; Honduras [I]; tropical Africa [I]; Mozambique [I]; Fiji [I]; Tonga [I] (Rarotonga [I]); Society Isl. [I]; Mauritius [I]; Rodrigues [I]
[I] = Introduced

Botany

Reich Plantae
Tribe Tracheophyta
Gymnosperm Angiosperm
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Myrtales
Family Combretaceae
Genus Terminalia
Species bellirica
Author citation (Gaertn.) Roxb.
Scientific name Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.

Habitus

Wood type Hardwood
Growth habit Baum

Microscopic features

Containers halbringporig/zerstreutporig
Intkey https://www.delta-intkey.com/wood/de/www/comtespo.htm

Macroscopic features

Wood odor Kein ausgeprägter Geruch
Heartwood with color stripes
Color heartwood braun

Natural durability
(according to EN 350)

Mushrooms field DC

Raw density oven-dried u =12%
(e.g. according to EN 350)

Density, oven dry u =12%, lower limit 0.70-1.00 kg/m3

Appearances

Bark

baheda, bahera, behada, beleric, bastard myrobalan

, Bark , ©Dennis Wilson

Leaves

baheda, bahera, behada, beleric, bastard myrobalan

, Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson

Branch

baheda, bahera, behada, beleric, bastard myrobalan

, Branch , ©Dennis Wilson

Fall Leaves

baheda, bahera, behada, beleric, bastard myrobalan

, Fall Leaves , ©Dennis Wilson