Bibhitaki Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Bibhitaki (Terminalia bellirica), the beleric myrobalan, is a large deciduous tree of the Combretaceae family, native to the monsoon forests of India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, and Southeast Asia to Indonesia. It grows 20 to 30 meters with a straight, buttressed trunk of bluish-grey bark, broad, leathery, oval leaves clustered at the ends of the branches that turn red before falling, and spikes of small, strong-smelling greenish-white flowers. The fruit is a hard, grey, velvety, egg-shaped drupe 2 to 3 centimeters long, faintly five-angled, with a thin, astringent rind around a woody stone. It is one of the three fruits of the Indian blend triphala. We extract the dried fruit.