Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Anogeissus latifolia
Family: Combretaceae (Rangoon creeper family)
Genus: Anogeissus
Botanical name: Anogeissus latifolia
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Dhavaha, Dhurandhara, Indravruksha
Hindi: Dhaura
English: Axle-wood tree, Button tree, Ghatti tree
Malayalam: Mazhukkaanjiram, Njaama, Vekkaali, Korattikkaanjiram
Genus: Anogeissus
Botanical name: Anogeissus latifolia
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Dhavaha, Dhurandhara, Indravruksha
Hindi: Dhaura
English: Axle-wood tree, Button tree, Ghatti tree
Malayalam: Mazhukkaanjiram, Njaama, Vekkaali, Korattikkaanjiram
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Anogeissus latifolia is a tree that grows up to 33 meters high. The leaves are elliptic-obtuse, entire, rounded at both ends. The flowers are greenish yellow, with minute globular heads on short stalks auxiliary. The fruits are small, yellowish brown or reddish brown, glossy, beaks, wings, and a top seed. Its seed is wedge-shaped.
The bark is used as antidote to snake bite, diarrhoea, cough, colic and liver complaints treatments. The plant is also used in treating cancer of face, cholera and cold. The gum is employed in the treatment of gonorrhoea.