🌿 Terminalia arjuna

🧬 Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae

Family: Plantae - Combretaceae

Plant Part Origin(s): Leaves

Known use: Extracts of Terminalia sp. have shown antiviral activity and strong anti-HSV-1 activity. Water and methanol extracts of stem bark of T. arjuna were subjected to screening for their inhibitory effect on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-I) and were found to inhibit the HIV-1 activity.

Source availability: Herbarium of National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt.

Taxonomy: Link

Wikipedia: Link

📍 Collection Information

Regions: North Africa

Countries: Egypt

Places of collection: Not specified

GPS coordinates: Unavailable

Collection dates: Aug. 1, 1996