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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.
Contents
- 1 Uses
- 2 Parts Used
- 3 Chemical Composition
- 4 Common names
- 5 Properties
- 6 Habit
- 7 Identification
- 8 List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used
- 9 Where to get the saplings
- 10 Mode of Propagation
- 11 How to plant/cultivate
- 12 Commonly seen growing in areas
- 13 Photo Gallery
- 14 References
- 15 External Links
Uses
Piles, Dysentery, Menorrhagia.
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 |
[2]
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
Sunny places, Agricultural land, Open waste land, Degraded places.
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
- Herbs
- Lythraceae
