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Anogeissus latifolia - Dhava

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{{stub}}[[File:Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb ex DC) Wall ex Gill.jpg|thumb|right|''Dhava'', ''Anogeissus latifolia'']]'''Dhava''' is a small to medium-sized, deciduous tree growing up to 20 metres, occasionally to 35 metres, tall. The bole can be unbranched for up to 15 metres. The tree is often harvested for its gum and tannins. It also yields a good quality wood and is planted in soil stabilization programmes.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Anaemia}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}
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==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Gum}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}} ==Chemical Composition== ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=dhinduga, dindaga, dindlu|ml=malakanniram, vellanaga|sa=dhava, dridhataru, madhuratvacha, nanditaru, pishachavriksha, shushkanga|ta=vellai-nagai, ekariyamaram, vellainakam|te=chirumaanu, sirimaanu, thirumaanu|hi=dhau, dhawda, dohu|en=Dhawa}}, <ref name="Common names"/> ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)===Veerya===Sheeta (cold)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Pitta, Kapha===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Tree}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Opposite or sometimes alternate|estipulate; petiole 5-15 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 2.5-18 x 1.7-9 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, suborbicular, or oblong-obovate, base obtuse, round, cuneate or acute, apex obtuse, emarginate or mucronate, margin entire, glabrous, subcoriaceous; lateral nerves 4-11 paired, pinnate, prominent beneath, arched towards the margin, intercostae scalariform, prominent.}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Bisexual|axillary globose heads|Pale yellow|10| peduncle puberulous; pedicel reduced or absent; calyx tube 2 winged, 3-5.5 mm long, produced above the ovary, villous inside, teeth 5, ovate-triangular, to 1 mm long; stamens 10, in 2 series, exserted, 1.5-3 mm long; anthers small; ovary inferior, 1-celled, densely tomentose; ovules 2, pendulous; style 2-3 mm long, thickened at base, villous; stigma simple. }} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|A drupe|6 - 8 mm across||greenish-yellow, compressed, puberulous, circular; wings 2, margin entire or slightly undulate, beaked; seed one, obovate.|}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==  ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==  ===Season to grow=== ===Soil type===  ===Propagation=== ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tropical area}} ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Anogeissus latifolia - Axle Wood Tree - at Begur 2014 (13).jpg|FlowersFile:Anogeissus latifolia (15137048178).jpg|FlowerFile:Anogeissus latifolia (YS) (8).jpg|LeavesFile:Anogeissus latifolia - Axle Wood Tree - at Begur 2014 (5).jpg|LeafFile:Axle wood tree 04.JPG|FruitsFile:Anogeissus latifolia at Masinagudi (2).jpg|Fruits</gallery> ==References== <references> <ref name="Uses">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anogeissus+latifolia Uses]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref><ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref></references> ==External Links==* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anogeissus+latifolia] * [https://www.feedipedia.org/node/186] [[Category:Herbs]][[Category:Plants of western ghats]][[Category:GlossaryTree]]
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