| General Description | | | | marshy areas. It can reach up to a height of 20 to 27 |
| Arjuna is a tall tree which is very valuable in Ayurvedic | | | | meters. Its binomial name is Terminalia arjuna. |
| medicine. It has been recorded since very old times | | | | All parts of the arjuna are important in Ayurvedic |
| when it was referred to as nadisarja and was used | | | | medicine. Its bark is the most valuable, which gives a |
| as a cardiac tonic. The great Indian proponent of | | | | milky white sap when cut. The bark contains a |
| ancient medicine, Vagabhatta, was the first to use the | | | | valuable alkaloid, which is named as the arjunine. Other |
| bark of the arjuna for heart ailments. | | | | chemicals in arjuna are arjunetin, lactone, sugars and |
| The arjuna is indigenous to India, but is also found in | | | | several essential oils. |
| Myanmar and Sri Lanka. It is found mostly near | | | | |