Internatonal Journal of Forest, Animal and Fisheries Research (IJFAF) ISSN: 2456-8791 [Vol-7, Issue-5, Sep-Oct, 2023] Int. J. Forest Animal Fish. Res. www.aipublicatons.com/ijfaf Page | 13 The morphology, extractions, chemical constituents and uses of Terminalia chebula: A review Hemalata Sagar Wadkar 1 and Rukhsana Mahiboob Pinjari 2 1 Research Scholar, Sun Rise University, Alwar, Rajasthan 2 Professor, Sun Rise University, Alwar, Rajasthan Received: 19 Jul 2023; Received in revised form: 29 Aug 2023; Accepted: 09 Sep 2023; Available online: 18 Sep 2023 ©2023 The Author(s). Published by AI Publications. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Abstract— Trust on traditional medicines in the treatment of ailment is at a halt and a lot of population, especially rural population, still believes on herbs due to their easy accessibility and cost effectiveness. Due to greater attentiveness concerning significance of conventional medicine in health care, research on medicinal plants would be valuable. The plants of genus Terminalia, comprising of 250 species, are widely distributed in tropical areas of the world. Fruits of Terminalia chebula (Family: Combretaceae) commonly known as black Myroblans in English and Harad in Hindi, are widely grown in Pakistan and India among many Asian and African countries and is a popular folk medicine. T. chebula has been studied for its homeostatic, antitussive, laxative, diuretic and cardiotonic activities. This article gives a vivid account of T. chebula as a natural product and aims to (i) to refresh the importance of T. chebula to the medicinal plant researchers and (ii) to presents new information such of T. chebula. Keywords— Terminalia chebula, conventional treatment, mother of medicine. I. INTRODUCTION Terminalia chebula plant is a native plant in India and Southeast Asia and is extensively cultivated in Taiwan. It is a dried ripe fruit, also called as Terminalia fruit, (Hua- Yew et al., 2003). T. chebula belongs to the family Combretaceae and is found throughout India especially in deciduous forests and areas of light rainfall (Naik et al., 2004). T. chebula is a medium to large deciduous tree, attaining a height of up to 30 m with wide spreading branches and a broad disk-shaped crown (Chattopadhyay and Bhattacharyya, 2007). T. chebula is commonly known as black myroblans in English and harad in Hindi. The Terminalia consists of 250 species and widely distributed in tropical areas of the world (Ammar et al., 2002). The fruit of T. chebula is consider as the "king of medicines" by Tibetans and second-tonone by ayurvedic apothecaries, and also held in high regard by other folk medicinal practitioners (Karel et al., 2004). The Sanskrit name ‛ikatiraH‟ is rich with meaning, referring to the yellowish dye (haritak) that it contains, as well as indicating that it grows in the abode of god siva (Hari, that is the Himalayas) and that it cures (harayet) all diseases. Its other commonly used Sanskrit name, Abhaya, refer to the „fearlessness‟ it provides in the face of the disease (Chattopadhyay and Bhattacharyya, 2007). During the last five decades, apart from the chemistry of T. chebula compounds, considerable development has been achieved concerning the biological activity and medicinal applications of T. chebula. It is now considered a valuable source of unique natural products for develop- ment of medicines against various diseases and also for the development of industrial products (Chattopadhyay and Bhattacharyya, 2007). Recently, myrobalan (fruit of T. chebula), a component of reputed ancient Indian herbal formulation “trifla” meaning three nuts (T.