Anogeissus latifolia

Anogeissus latifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Anogeissus
Species: A. latifolia
Binomial name
Anogeissus latifolia
(Roxb. ex DC.) Wall. ex Guill. & Perr.

Anogeissus latifolia is a species of small to medium-sized tree native to the India, Nepal, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. Its common names are axlewood (English), bakli, dhau, dhawa, dhawra, or dhaora (Hindi), takhian-nu (Thai), and raam (Vietnamese).

It is one of the most useful trees in India. Its leaves contain large amounts of gallotannins[1], and are used in India for tanning. The tree is the source of Indian gum, also known as ghatti gum, which is used for calico printing among other uses. The leaves are also fed on by the Antheraea paphia moth which produces the tassar silk (Tussah), a form of wild silk of commercial importance.[2]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Studies on dhava tannins. I. The isolation and constitution of a gallotannin from dhava (Anogeissus latifolia). KK Reddy, S Rajadurai, KNS Sastry and Y Nayudamma, Australian Journal of Chemistry, 17 (2), pp. 238-245, doi:10.1071/CH9640238
  2. ^ [1]

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References

Sources of tannins
Sources of condensed tannins
Areca catechu seed (arecatannins) | Broad bean (Vicia faba) | Grape (Vitis vinifera) | Quebracho wood | Mimosa bark (Acacia mollissima) | Myrtan or black marlock (Eucalyptus redunca)
Sources of hydrolysable tannins
Chestnut wood | Dhawa (Anogeissus latifolia) | Myrobalan fruit (Terminalia chebula) | Oak wood, bark or acorn cup (Valonea Quercus macrolepis) | Sumac (Tanner's sumach leaves - Rhus coriaria or Chinese gall on Rhus chinensis) | Tara pod (Caesalpinia spinosa)
Other sources
Alder (Alnus sp) | Avaram (Senna auriculata) | Babul (Acacia nilotica) | Birch (Betula sp) | Larch (Larix sp) | Hemlock (Tsuga sp) | mangrove | Pine (Pinus sp) | Spruce (Picea sp) | Urunday (Myracrodruon urundeuva) | Willow (Salix caprea)
Canaigre (Rumex hymenosepalus) | Garouille (Quercus coccifera) | Sea lavender (Limonium sp)
Divi-divi pod (Caesalpinia coriaria) | Sant pod (Acacia nilotica) | Teri pod (Caesalpinia digyna)
Whole plant
Prosopis sp. bark and wood (eg Prosopis humilis or Algarrobilla) | Tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus) | Tizra heartwood and root (Rhus pentaphylla)
Misc