The document discusses the Woodfordia fruticosa plant, commonly known as Dhai. It is a shrub that is distributed throughout much of India up to 1600 meters in the Himalayas. The shrub has opposite or whorled leaves and bright red flowers arranged in short clusters. The dried flowers of the plant are used medicinally as important fermenting agents, for fertility, to treat diarrhea and fever, and to relieve skin irritation. Decoctions of the flowers are also used to quench excessive thirst and control bleeding.

1. Plant part used = Flower
By:_Rukhsar Kadri
APIP, Jamnagar
Guide by: Mrs. Pooja Khanpara

2. Common name :~ Dhai, Dhataki, Dhai-ki-phool, woodfordia.
Biological source:~ It consis Of flower of plant Woodfordia
Fruticosa.
FAMILY:~ lathracea.

3. • DISTRIBUTION
It is a distributed throughout the greater part of India, up to 1600m
in the himalaya. In Himachal pradesh, found in a the regions up to
1500m in open dry slopes, rocky fields, and waste – lands.

4. • DESCRIPTION
It’s a large, much branched deciduous shrub with bark scalling off
in small patches, leaves are opposite or in whorls of 3, ovate, and
lanceolate. The flowers and their calyces are bright red, the latter are
permanent and retain their colour even after the flowers have faded.
Flowers are arranged in short, clustered panicles in the axils of fallen
leaves on the old wood and appear before the leaves.

5. • COMMON USES
1. Most important fermenting agents,
2. Used for fertility agent,
3. Anti-diarrhoel,
4. Used in fever,
5. Its flower powder relieves burning sensation on the skin,
6. Alleviates kapha and pitta,
7. The jam, prepared of its flowers control bleeding in menorrhagia,
and
8. The decocation of its flowers quenches the excessive thirst,
especially in diabetic patients.

6. 1. Dhatakyadi churna
2. Dhatakyadi tailm
3. Arjunarista
4. Triphaladyarista
5. Abhayarista