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==Uses==
 
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{{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Symplocas racemosa}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>.
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{{Uses|Leucorrhoea}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Dysentery}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Symplocas racemosa}}, {{Uses|Wounds}}<ref name="Karnataka Medicinal Plants"/>
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===Food===
 
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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"/>
 
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Tannin and glucoside.
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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==
 
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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"/>
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<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="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>
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<ref name="Chemical Composition">Journal paper from National Library of Medicine - Woodfordia fruticosa: traditional uses and recent findings</ref>
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==See also==
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==External Links==
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* [http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]
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* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0378874106006726 Woodfordia fruiticosa on Science direct article]
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* [http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fire%20Flame%20Bush.html Woodfordia fruiticosa on Flowers of India Catalog]
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* [https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228521 Woodfordia fruiticosa on India Bio-diversity]
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* [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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[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]
 
 
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[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]][[Category:Shrub]]

Latest revision as of 13:24, 10 September 2023

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.[1]

Uses

Leucorrhoea, Fever, Dysentery, Stomachache, Symplocas racemosa, Wounds[2]

Food

Dhaataki can be used in Food. Flowers are sucked for nectar to make a cold drink and cooked as vegetable.[3]

Parts Used

Stem, Flower[2].

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Dhataki, Tamrapushpi
Hindi Dhai, Dhava
Malayalam Tattiripuvu, Tatire
Tamil Kattati, Kattathi, Kattattipoo
Telugu Aarl Puruvu
Marathi Dhayati, Dhavati
Gujarathi Dhavadi, Dhavani
Punjabi Davi, Phul Dhava
Kashmiri Kath
Sanskrit Bhahupushpi, Taamraushpi, Vahnijvaala
English Fire flame bush

[2]

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[4]

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[3]

Habit

Shrub or small tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Opposite Subsessile, 4-11 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, subcoriaceous, whitish velvety tomentose and finely orangish- or black-punctate beneath.

[5]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule 0.6-1 x 0.25-0.4 cm Ellipsoid, included in the calyx; seeds numerous, trigonous-ovoid. Fruiting from January to May {{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Dhaataki is available through May to June[3]. 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[6]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.Sub Tropical area

Photo Gallery

  • 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

References

  1. ↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 43.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ”Karnataka Medicinal Plants Volume-3” by Dr.M. R. Gurudeva, Page No.570, Published by Divyachandra Prakashana, #6/7, Kaalika Soudha, Balepete cross, Bengaluru
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "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
  4. ↑ Journal paper from National Library of Medicine - Woodfordia fruticosa: traditional uses and recent findings
  5. ↑ PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"
  6. ↑ Article from Useful Tropical Plants

External Links

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