Myrobalans
The common name myrobalan can refer to several unrelated fruit-bearing plant species:
- Cherry plum, myrobalan plum (Prunus cerasifera)
- Amla, Amalaki, emblic myrobalans (Phyllanthus emblica)
- Bibhitaki, Belliric myrobalans (Terminalia bellirica)
- Haritaki, Chebulic myrobalans (Terminalia chebula)
- Arjuna, Arjun myrobalans (Terminalia arjuna)
Myrobalan extracts (at least from Terminalia chebula) are used for tanning.
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