42,755
edits
Note: This is a project under development. The articles on this wiki are just being initiated and broadly incomplete. You can Help creating new pages.
Changes
→List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
[[File:Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb ex DC) Wall ex Gill.jpg|thumb|right|''Dhava'', ''Anogeissus latifolia'']]
'''DhavaAnogeissus latifolia''' is a small to medium-sized, deciduous tree growing . It grows 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}}, {{Uses|Erisipelas}}, {{Uses|Piles}}<ref name="Uses"/><ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Uses=Food==={{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Anaemia}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}Dhava can be used in Food. Fried gum is used in preparation of ladoos (a sweet food item)<ref name="UsesForest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Gum}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
==Chemical Composition==
The leaves, bark and heartwood
yield quinic and shikmik acids; leaves contain gallotannin (90–95% of the tannins). The young leaves and shoots contain 50% tannins (dry basis). The bark contains 12–18% tannins. Heartwood contains gallic acid, ellagic acid, its derivatives, quercetin andmyricetin.<ref name="Chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=dhindugaDhinduga, dindagaDindaga, dindluDindlu|ml=malakanniramMalakanniram, vellanagaVellanaga|sa=dhavaDhava, dridhataruDridhataru, madhuratvachaMadhuratvacha, nanditaruNanditaru, pishachavrikshaPishachavriksha, shushkangaShushkanga|ta=vellaiVellai-nagai, ekariyamaramEkariyamaram, vellainakamVellainakam|te=chirumaanuChirumaanu, sirimaanuSirimaanu, thirumaanuThirumaanu|hi=dhauDhau, dhawdaDhawda, dohuDohu|en=Dhawa, Button tree}}, <ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Pitta, Kapha
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Dhava Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A and C; Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite or sometimes alternate|estipulateEstipulate; 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 Axillary globose heads|Pale yellow|10| peduncle 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, . Flowering from August 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. January}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|A drupe|6 - 8 mm across||greenishGreenish-yellow, compressed, puberulous, circular; wings 2, margin entire or slightly undulate, beaked; seed one, obovate.||Fruiting from August to January}}
===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==
Fruits should be collected only when they are fully ripe as immature seeds fail to germinate. The ripe fruits are
collected from the trees, dried in the sun and then stored. Generally seed viability is low but increases after very dry
seasons. Seed germination is increased by a 3-min hot water seed treatment. Seed storage in metal tins or polythene
containers is the best. There are 105 000-125 000 seeds /kg.<ref name="Cultivation details"/>. Dhava is available through March to Septemebr<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anogeissus+latifolia Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Chemical composition">[http://gbpihedenvis.nic.in/PDFs/Glossary_Medicinal_Plants_Springer.pdf Chemical composition]</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>
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/07/21/dhava-anogeissus-latifolia-axle-wood-tree/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
<ref name="Cultivation details">[http://www.worldagroforestry.org/treedb/AFTPDFS/Anogeissus_latifolia.PDF Cultivation details]</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.25, 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.579, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anogeissus+latifoliaAnogeissus latifolia on The Ferns Information] * [https://www.feedipedia.org/node/186Anogeissus latifolia on Feedi pedia organisation]* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Axle%20Wood%20Tree.html Anogeissus latifolia on Flowers of India]* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31049 Anogeissus latifolia on India Bio-diversity]* [https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anogeissus+latifolia Anogeissus latifolia on The tropical ferns Information]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
[[Category:Combretaceae]]
