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Anogeissus latifolia - Dhava

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Dhava, Anogeissus latifolia

Anogeissus latifolia is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree. It grows up to 20 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, Skin diseases, Diabetes, Anaemia, Hemorrhoids[1]

Food

Dhava can be used in Food. Fried gum is used in preparation of ladoos (a sweet food item)[2].

Parts Used

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.[3]

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, Button tree

[4]

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

Nutritional components

Dhava Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A and C; Calcium, Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc[2]

Habit

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

[5]

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. Flowering from August to January

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. 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

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[7]. Dhava is available through March to Septemebr[2].

Commonly seen growing in areas

Photo Gallery

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References

  1. ↑ Uses
  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.25, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  3. ↑ Chemical composition
  4. ↑ Vernacular names
  5. ↑ Botonic description
  6. ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
  7. ↑ Cultivation details

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