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Woodfordia fruticosa - Dhataki
Woodfordia fruticosa is a wonderful medicinal herb commonly known as Dhataki. It is powerful astringment. It relaxes pitta and kapha doshas.
Uses
Parts Used
Chemical Composition
It contains the chemical compounds like tannins (especially those of macrocyclic hydrolysable class), flavonoids, anthraquinone glycosides, and polyphenols.[1]
Common names
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Kannada | are hoo, bela, daathakee kusumka, kempu kumusalu, taamra pushpi |
| Hindi | ban-mahendi, dauri, dhawai |
| Malayalam | tamrapushpi, tatire |
| Tamil | cirincippu, dhathari-jargi, dhattari |
| Telugu | are puvvu, dhaarhupushpika, dhaathaki, reyyamaanu |
| Marathi | daayatti, datyatti, dhaavas, dhaiphal |
| Gujarathi | |
| Punjabi | |
| Kashmiri | |
| Sanskrit | agnijvala, dhataki, dhauri, mada, madakara, madaniyahetu |
| English |
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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
Kapha, Pitta
Prabhava
Habit
Identification
Leaf
| Kind | Shape | Feature |
|---|---|---|
| Simple | Opposite | Leaves subsessile, 4-11 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, subcoriaceous, whitish velvety tomentose and finely orangish- or black-punctate beneath. |
Flower
| Type | Size | Color and composition | Stamen | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bisexual | Axillary cymes | crimson | 12 | slightly zygomorphic, in 2-16-flowered axillary cymes; pedicels to 1 cm long. Calyx tube 1-1.5 cm long, tubular; lobes 6, short, more or less triangular, alternating with small callous appendages. Petals 6, red, 3-4 mm long, lanceolate-acuminate. Stamens 12, inserted near the bottom of the calyx tube, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Ovary 4-6 mm long, oblong, 2-celled; ovules many; style 0.7-1.5 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. |
Other features
List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
Where to get the saplings
Mode of Propagation
How to plant/cultivate
Plants are frost tolerant. Requires a sunny position.[5]
Commonly seen growing in areas
Photo Gallery
Leaves
Flowers
Flowers
Whole plant
Leaves and flowers
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References
External Links
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Piles
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Dysentery
- Ayurvedic Herbs known to be helpful to treat Menorrhagia
- Herbs with Stem used in medicine
- Herbs with Leaves used in medicine
- Herbs with Roots used in medicine
- Herbs with common name in Kannada
- Herbs with common name in Hindi
- Herbs with common name in Malayalam
- Herbs with common name in Tamil
- Herbs with common name in Telugu
- Herbs with common name in Marathi
- Herbs with common name in Sanskrit
- Habit - Shrub
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Seeds
- Index of Plants which can be propagated by Softwood cutting
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Sunny places
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Agricultural land
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Open waste land
- Herbs that are commonly seen in the region of Degraded places
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