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[[File:Woodfordia fruticosa.jpg|thumb|right|''Dhaataki'', ''Woodfordia fruticosa'']]'''Dhaataki''' consists of flowers of Woodfordia fruticosa (Linn.) Kurz. (Fam.Lythraceae) : 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.<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA"/>
Grahya, Paacana, Vshaghna, Garbhastheepana, Kriminut,
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub or small tree}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Opposite| subsessile, 4-11 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, subcoriaceous, whitish velvety tomentose and finely orangish- or black-punctate beneath.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|axillary cymes|axillary spiciform racemes|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===
{{Fruit|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==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}.
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.{{Commonly seen|Sub Tropical area}}
==Photo Gallery==
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==References==
<references>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan "BOTANIC DESCRIPTION"]</ref>
<ref name="AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA">THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA, PART-I, VOLUME-1, page no 43.</ref>
==External Links==
[http://www.ayurveda.hu/api/API-Vol-1.pdf THE AYURVEDIC PHARMACOPOEIA OF INDIA]
[[Category:Ayurvedic Medicine]][[Category:Shrub]]
