Arjun Tree (Terminalia arjuna): Where It Grows in India and How to Plant It
Terminalia arjuna
Arjun is a large native shade tree of India's riverbanks, valued in Ayurveda. It grows along streams and on moist ground across most of India, and can do well in drier regions if planted in a moist, low-lying spot and watered for its first few years. Here is where it grows, when and how to plant it, and what to watch for.
Varieties
We could not verify any named arjun variety, clone or selection for planting in the ICFRE technology list, the Central Tasar Research and Training Institute (Ranchi) pages or Kew's plant list (WCVP), which lists no accepted arjun variety. CTRTI keeps numbered arjun accessions in its host-plant gene bank, but these are gene-bank research records, not named varieties. This covers only the sources we checked; ask your state forest department or a research nursery about recommended planting material for your region.
Sources: GBIF species search in the Kew World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) dataset: Terminalia arjuna (only variety name, var. angustifolia, is a synonym of Terminalia elliptica) – GBIF / Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (WCVP); Catalogue Arjun (Host Plant Gene Bank accession catalogue) – Central Silk Board - Central Tasar Research & Training Institute (CTRTI), Ranchi; Srivastav, Ranjan & Sinha: Conservation of Terminalia genetic resources, the principal source of non-wood forest products in India (Forest Genetic Resources No. 24, 1996) – FAO; ICFRE Technologies (list of technologies developed by ICFRE institutes) – Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE)
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