Gen info
- Terminalia is a genus of large trees of the flowering family Combretaceae, comprising nearly 300 species distributed in tropical regions of the world. (3)
- The genus name derives from the Latin terminus, referring to the leaves appearing at the very tips of the shoots. (3)

Botany
Termiinalia bialata is a tree that reaches a height of 100-160 feet with a trunk diameter of about 5 feet. Wood is bright chrome yellow, sometimes light nut brown olive brown, or yellow brown with irregular dark streaks; sapwood often very wide and not differentiated. Grain generally straight; texture medium to coarse, lustrous, without characteristic odor or taste. (4)

Distribution
- Native to the Philippines.
- Common in moist deciduous forests.
- Also native to the Andaman Is. Cambodia, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Thailand, Vietnam. (2)

Constituents
- No studies available.

Properties
- Studies have suggest cardiac stimulant and antihypertensive properties.

Parts used
Bark.

Uses
Folkloric
- No reported medicinal use in the Philippines.
- In India, bark traditionally used for treatment of hypertension.
(6)
Others
- Wood: Moderately durable but susceptible to pinhole borer and powder-post beetle attack. Reportedly resistant to preservative treatments. Used for furniture making, cabinetwork, paneling, flooriing, ships' fittings. (4)

Studies
• Cardiac Stimulant / Dried Bark: In a comparative study of dried barks of Terminalia species, T. bialata was classified as pharmacodynamically active as a potent cardiac stimulant. (5)
• Antihypertensive / Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibition / Bark: Bark has been shown to possess ACE inhibitory activity, with inhibition rate of 86%.

Availability
Wild-crafted.

Additional Sources and Suggested Readings
(1)
Sorting Terminalia names / /Maintained by: Michel H. Porcher / MULTILINGUAL MULTISCRIPT PLANT NAME DATABASE / Copyright © 1995 - 2020 / A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems. Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The Univers ity of Melbourne. Australia.
(2)
Terminalia bialata / Plants of the World Onliine
(3)
Terminalia / Wikipediia
(4)
Terminalia bialata / Wood Techniical Fact Sheet / USDA Forest Service
(5)
A comparative study of the dried barks of the commoner Indian species of genus Terminalis Linn. / Caius J F, Mhasjar J S, Mozelle Isaacs / Indian Medical Research Memoirs, 1930; No Memoir 16: pp 51-75 / Record No 19312902271
(6)
Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition by Brazilian plants / Fernap C Braga, Julio A Lombardi et al / Fiteropia, 2007; 78: pp 353-358

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