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Bibhitaki

Terminalia bellirica

हिन्दी: बहेड़ा

IUCN: Least Concern
Bibhitaki (Terminalia bellirica) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Kripalpur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Terminalia bellirica
Hindi name
बहेड़ा
Family
Combretaceae, order Myrtales
Group
Plant
Conservation status
Least Concern

A tall tree with round, hairy fruits.

  • Spot it Large leaves clustered at branch tips and round fruits.
  • Home Plains and lower hills.
  • Food web Animals eat its fruit.
  • Why it matters Its large crown shelters wildlife, its fruit feeds animals, and its leaves enrich the soil.

Read more: Terminalia bellirica on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2019, in Kripalpur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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