Botanical name : Grewia tiliifolia Vahl
Family : Tiliaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Dhanvanga, Dhanurvrksah
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa : Kashaya, Madhura
Guna : Guru
Virya : Seeta
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English : Dhaman
Hindi : Dhamni, Dhaman
Malayalam : Chatachi, Dhanvanavruksham
Distribution : Throughout India, in deciduous and semi-evergreen forests.
PLANT DESCRIPTION
Moderate sized tree grows up to 25 m in height. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate with oblique base, crenate-dentate, acuminate, upper surface minutely stellately hairy, lower surface hoary-tomentose: flowers yellow, small on thick axillary peduncles: fruits globose drupes of the size of a pea. 2-4 lobed. Contain 1-2 blackish seeds.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Plant pacifies vitiated pitta and kapha, burning sensation, excessive sweating, cough, skin diseases, itching, wounds, ulcers, diarrhea, haematemesis, epistaxis, haemorrhages and general debility.
Useful part : Bark, fruits
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