Terminalia bellirica, known as bahera or beleric or bastard myrobalan, (Arabic: beliledj بليلج, Sanskrit: Bibhitaka बिभीतक, Aksha अक्ष), is a large deciduous tree common on plains and lower hills in Southeast Asia, where it is also grown as an avenue tree. The basionym is Myrobalanus bellirica Gaertn. (Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 90, t. 97. 1791). William Roxburgh transferred M. bellirica to Terminalia as 'T. bellerica (Gaertn.) Roxb.'. This spelling error is now widely used, causing confusion. The correct ...