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'''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.
  
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==Uses==
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{{Uses|Wound healing}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}, {{Uses|Diabetes}}, {{Uses|Anaemia}}, {{Uses|Hemorrhoids}}
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<ref name="Uses"/>
  
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[[Category:Glossary]]
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==Parts Used==
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{{Parts Used|Bark}}, {{Parts Used|Gum}}, {{Parts Used|Heartwood}}
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==Chemical Composition==
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==Common names==
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{{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}},
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<ref name="Common names"/>
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==Properties==
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Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
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===Dravya===
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===Rasa===
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Kashaya (Astringent)
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===Guna===
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Laghu (Light), Rooksha (Dry)
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===Veerya===
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Sheeta (cold)
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===Vipaka===
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Katu (Pungent)
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===Karma===
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Pitta, Kapha
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===Prabhava===
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==Habit==
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{{Habit|Tree}}
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==Identification==
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===Leaf===
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{{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"/>
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===Flower===
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{{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. }}
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===Fruit===
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{{Fruit|A drupe|6 - 8 mm across||greenish-yellow, compressed, puberulous, circular; wings 2, margin entire or slightly undulate, beaked; seed one, obovate.|}}
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===Other features===
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==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
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==Where to get the saplings==
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==Mode of Propagation==
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{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
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==How to plant/cultivate==
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===Season to grow===
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===Soil type===
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===Propagation===
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==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}
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==Photo Gallery==
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<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
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File:Anogeissus latifolia - Axle Wood Tree - at Begur 2014 (13).jpg|Flowers
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File:Anogeissus latifolia (15137048178).jpg|Flower
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File:Anogeissus latifolia (YS) (8).jpg|Leaves
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File:Anogeissus latifolia - Axle Wood Tree - at Begur 2014 (5).jpg|Leaf
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File:Axle wood tree 04.JPG|Fruits
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File:Anogeissus latifolia at Masinagudi (2).jpg|Fruits
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</gallery>
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==References==
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<references>
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<ref name="Uses">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anogeissus+latifolia Uses]</ref>
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<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
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<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
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</references>
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==External Links==
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* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anogeissus+latifolia]
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* [https://www.feedipedia.org/node/186]
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[[Category:Herbs]]
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[[Category:Plants of western ghats]]
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[[Category:Tree]]

Revision as of 12:27, 9 May 2019

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

Wound healing, {{Uses|Skin diseases}, Diabetes, Anaemia, Hemorrhoids [1]

Parts Used

Bark, Gum, Heartwood

Chemical Composition

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada dhinduga, dindaga, dindlu
Hindi dhau, dhawda, dohu
Malayalam malakanniram, vellanaga
Tamil vellai-nagai, ekariyamaram, vellainakam
Telugu chirumaanu, sirimaanu, thirumaanu
Marathi NA
Gujarathi NA
Punjabi NA
Kashmiri NA
Sanskrit dhava, dridhataru, madhuratvacha, nanditaru, pishachavriksha, shushkanga
English Dhawa

, [2]

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

Tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
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.

[3]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
A drupe 6 - 8 mm across greenish-yellow, compressed, puberulous, circular; wings 2, margin entire or slightly undulate, beaked; seed one, obovate. {{{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

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area

Photo Gallery

  • Flowers

  • Flower

  • Leaves

  • Leaf

  • Fruits

  • Fruits

References

  1. ↑ Uses
  2. ↑ Vernacular names
  3. ↑ Botonic description

External Links

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