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Sanskrit Name	:	Haritaki
Latin Name	:	Terminalia chebula Retz
Habitat	:	Abundant in Northern India,also occurs in Bihar,West Bengal,Assam,Central India and South India.
Morphology	:	It is a large tree,25 to 30m height with rust-coloured or silvery hairs over the younger branch lets etc. Its wood is hard and bulky.
Leaves	:	Mostly sub opposite,distant,ovate or oblong-ovate,10-20 cm. long,decidious in the cold season. the inferior aspect of the leaves show two small nodules near its attachment with the stalk.
Flowers	:	Dull,white or yellowish,with a strong offensive smell,in spikes from the upper axils and in small terminal panicles.
Fruits	:	Obovoid or ellipsoidal from a broad base,glabrous,more or less 5-ribbed when dry.
Seeds	:	Each fruit contains one seed,oval or hard.On breaking the shell of the seed an oval shaped pulp is obtained.
Flowers	:	In April-May
Fruits	:	In November-January.

The fruit of haritaki contains five rasas in different parts of fruit

1) Madhur (sweet)	:	The fruit pulp.
2) Amla (sour)	:	The bulky portion of the fruit.
3) Tikta (bitter)	:	Seed.
4) Katu	:	The covering of the fruit.
5) Kashaya (astringent)	:	The hard portion of the seed.

Kaiyaveda Nighantu described 3 varieties

1) Niranja
2) Vanaja
3) Parvatiya

Indicative Price

Harad's Raw Herb - Rs.260

Harad's Powder - Rs.715

Harad's Oil - Rs.1,040

Harad's Extract - Rs.1,300

Reference
Price Information accessed from http://www.ayurvedacart.com/ on 10-04-18

Product details accessed from Ayurved Dravyanidhi

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