Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Bedd. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Anogeissus
latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Bedd. [Kirtikar,
Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu. "Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian Medicinal Plants. (1918)].
Pankaj Oudhia
Introduction
Based on Ethnobotanical
surveys since year 1990 in different parts of India Pankaj Oudhia has
documented vital information about Medicinal Plants mentioned in the famous
publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918). Through this research document Pankaj
Oudhia has tried to present original document with additional notes. For
complete paper with pictures, Interactive Tables, Video and Audio clips please
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For original publication by Kirtikar and Basu (1918) please visit https://archive.org/details/indianmedicinalp01kirt
498. Anogeissus
latifolia, Wall, h. f.b.i., ii. 450,
Roxb. 384.
Syn. : —
Conocarpus latifolia, D. C.
Sans. : — Dhava.
Vern. : — Dhaoya
(H. and B.) ; Dhavada ; Dabria (Bomb.);
Vallai-naga,
vackelie (Tam.) ; Dinduga, dindlu, bejalu, dindal
(Kan.) ; Arma,
yerma (Gond.). Bakli, Dhauri ; Dhao (Bundel-
khand).
Habitat : — Very
common, from the Himalaya to Ceylon, not
found in the
Transgangetic Peninsula.
A large
deciduous tree, attaining 80ft., but usually a small
tree. Bark
smooth, whitish grey, £in. thick, with shallow
irregular
depressions caused by exfoliation. Wood grey, hard,
shining, smooth,
with a small purplish, irregularly shaped,
very hard heartwoocl
; sapwood in young trees and young
550 INDIAN
MEDICINAL PLANTS.
branches yellow.
Leafless during most of the hot season.
Leaves broadly
elliptic, pubescent when young, glabrous when
full grown,
blade 1J— 3J, petiole J- fin. long, secondary nerves
8-14 pairs,
tertiary nerves prominent beneath. Flower-heads
J-f-in. in
diam., in on short peduncles, often in axillary racemes.
Ripe fruit
almost glabrous, nearly orbicular ; sometimes f
(excluding the
beak) by iin., including the wings, usually
smaller, more or
less rusty pubescent when young.
Use : — This
tree yields a valuable gum, which is worthy of
attention
(Dymock).
[Pankaj Oudhia’s Comment: All
parts of this species are used in Traditional Healing. I have documented
information about over 20,000 Traditional Herbal Formulations in which
Anogeissus roots are used as tertiary ingredient. In over 8000 Traditional
Herbal Formulations Anogeissus leaves are used as nonary ingredient. In over
40,000 Traditional Herbal Formulations Anogeissus gum is used as octonary
ingredient. Anogeissus Panchang is used in form of thousands of formulations
both internnaly as well as externally. Please see Tables Anogeissus-1 Anogeissus-95
for exhaustive information about this important species.]
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Citation
Oudhia, Pankaj (2013).
Pankaj Oudhia’s Notes on Anogeissus latifolia (Roxb. ex DC.)
Wall. ex Bedd. [Kirtikar, Kanhoba Ranchoddas, and Baman Das Basu.
"Indian Medicinal Plants." Indian
Medicinal Plants. (1918)]. www.pankajoudhia.com
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