About Harad

Scientific Name: Terminalia chebula

Common Name: Myrobalan

Ecological Benefits

• • Produces a highly valued medicinal fruit that supports traditional healing systems and local pharmacology.
• • Helps stabilise soil with a strong root network that holds slopes and loose terrain together.
• • Contributes to forest health with long-term canopy presence, supporting birds, insects and small mammals.
• • Adds organic matter through leaf fall, gradually improving soil structure and nutrient levels.
• • A long-lived species that anchors mature dry deciduous ecosystems over generations.