Woodfordia fruiticosa - Dhaataki

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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

Food

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

Chemical Composition

Tannin and glucoside.

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^[2]

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.

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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.

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.			{{{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^[2].

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area.Sub Tropical area

Photo Gallery

References

↑ THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 43.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "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
↑ PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"

External Links

THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA

[AYURVEDIC_PHARMACOPOEIA_OF_INDIA-1] THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 43.

[Forest_foods_of_Western_Ghat-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "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

[Leaf-3] PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"

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