axlewood PRODUCT NAME
Anogeissus latifolia (Wallich ex Guill. Perr) = Conocarpus latifolia DC. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | axlewood |
| Local Name: | bakli, dhau, dhawa, dhawra, or dhaora (Hindi), beijal (Kurumba), veijjai (Irula), takhian-nu (Thai), and raam (Vietnamese). |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
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| Product Description: | A tall deciduous tree. Grey pubescent branchlets. Bark light grey with round patches. Flower: Axillary, aggregated in cymose heads, yellow. Flowers without petals. Fruit: A drupe, clustered, compressed, 2 winged, tubular calyx persistent in fruit. Seed, one. |
| NTFP Classification: | Medicinal, aromatics and cosmetics, Food and food ingredients (plant-derived), Feed, fodder and fuelwood |
DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | India, Thailand, Vietnam |
| Description: | 700-1100 m. Dominant dry deciduous forest species. Peninsular India in the Southern Deccan and Northern Nilgiris. |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | bark, bast, seeds, trunk |
| Uses: | Bark used to make a coffee-like drink in India. Also used as a "chewing tobacco." Seed paste used to cure hernia. Good timber and fuelwood. In India, wood gives a lot of ash which is stored for use as vibhuti. |
| Origin: | India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka |
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| Partners: | Keystone |
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| External Links: | http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1789 |
