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[[File:Woodfordia fruticosa flowers at Peravoor (1).jpg|200px|thumb|right|''Dhaataki'', ''Woodfordia fruticosa'']]
'''Dhaataki''' is a much branched, semi deciduous, undershrub or shrub, 1-3 m high, rarely
upto 3 m, found throughout India, ascending to 1500 m in Himalayas and also in the Gangetic plains , also cultivated in gardens.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>

==Uses==
{{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Symplocas racemosa}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
===Food===
Dhaataki can be used in Food. Flowers are sucked for nectar to make a cold drink and cooked as vegetable.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|Flower}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.

==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Bhahupushpi, Taamraushpi, Vahnijvaala|en=Fire flame bush|gu=Dhavadi, Dhavani|hi=Dhai, Dhava|kn=Dhataki, Tamrapushpi|ks=Kath|ml=Tattiripuvu, Tatire|mr=Dhayati, Dhavati|pa=Davi, Phul Dhava|ta=Kattati, Kattathi, Kattattipoo|te=Aarl Puruvu}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
 
==Chemical Composition==
A wide range of chemical compounds including Tannins (especially those of macrocyclic hydrolysable class), Flavonoids, Anthraquinone Glycosides and Polyphenols have been isolated from this species in recent times<ref name="Chemical Composition"/>

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Katu (Pungent), Kashaya
===Guna===
Laghu (Light)
===Veerya===
Sheeta (Cold)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Grahya, Paacana, Vshaghna, Garbhastheepana, Kriminut,
===Prabhava===

===Nutritional components===
Dhaataki Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-C; Aspartic acid, Gallic acid; Myricetin, Kaempferol; Tannins, Flavonoides, Polyphenols; Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus Potassium, Sodium, Sulphur, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>

==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub or small tree}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite|Subsessile, 4-11 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, subcoriaceous, whitish velvety tomentose and finely orangish- or black-punctate beneath.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower===
{{Flower|axillary cymes|Axillary spiciform racemes|Crimson|12|Slightly zygomorphic, in 2-16-flowered axillary cymes; pedicels to 1 cm long. Flowering from January to May}}

===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsule|0.6-1 x 0.25-0.4 cm|Ellipsoid, included in the calyx; seeds numerous, trigonous-ovoid.||Fruiting from January to May}}

===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==
Dhaataki is available through May to June<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
Plants are frost tolerant. Requires a sunny position. Succeeds in any well-drained soil. Plants are very wind tolerant. The plant coppices well; coppice-shoots five years old averaged 3 metres in height<ref name="Cultivation"/>

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.{{Commonly seen|Sub Tropical area}}

==Photo Gallery==
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Dhataki (Sanskrit- धातकी) (2395657597).jpg
Dhataki (Telugu- ధాతక) (3491778970).jpg
Dhavadi (Gujarati- ધાવડી) (452036656).jpg
Dhawai (Hindi- धवइ) (2396497906).jpg
Woodfordia fruticosa - Fire Flame Bush flowers at Peravoor 2018 (4).jpg
Woodfordia fruticosa, AJT Johnsingh. P1100900.jpg

</gallery>

==References==
<references>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 43.</ref> 
<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.151, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>

<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants">”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.570, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>

<ref name="Chemical Composition">Journal paper from National Library of Medicine - Woodfordia fruticosa: traditional uses and recent findings</ref>

<ref name="Cultivation">Article from Useful Tropical Plants</ref>

</references>

==External Links==
* [http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA] 
* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874106006726 Woodfordia fruiticosa on Science direct article]
* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fire%20Flame%20Bush.html Woodfordia fruiticosa on Flowers of India Catalog]
* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228521 Woodfordia fruiticosa on India Bio-diversity]
* [https://www.netmeds.com/health-library/post/dhataki-woodfordia-fruticosa-benefits-uses-ayurvedic-indications-dosage-and-side-effects Woodfordia fruiticosa on Netmeds Health Library]


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