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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

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

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

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[3]

Habit

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.

[4]

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

How to plant/cultivate

Dhaataki is available through May to June[3].

Season to grow

Soil type

Propagation

Commonly seen growing in areas

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. ↑ PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"

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