Terminalia elliptica is a species of Terminalia native to southern and southeast Asia. It is a prominent part of both dry and moist deciduous forests in southern India up to 1000 m. It is a tree growing to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 1 m. The wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, joinery, paneling, specialty items, boat building, railroad cross ties (treated), decorative veneers, and musical instruments. The bark is used medicinally against diarrhea. The leaves are used as food by Antheraea paphia (silkworms) which produce the tassar silk, a form of commercially important wild silk.[/one_half_last]