Grewia tiliifolia, Chadachi, Dhaman, ചടച്ചി

Family: Malvaceae
Vernacular names: Chadachi, ചടച്ചി (Malayalam), Dhaman (English), Dhanurvriksha (Sanskrit), Dhamni (Hindi), Unnu (Tamil)
Distribution: Tropical Africa, India to Indo-China
Description: Medium trees. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, in axillary umbels. Fruit a drupe, globose to subglobose.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests
Flowering & Fruiting: February-June

Parts used: Bark and leaves
Properties & Uses: Bark is astringent, sweet, acrid, antipyretic, vulnerary, constipating, emetic, styptic, aphrodisiac and tonic. It is used to treat burning sensation, cough, skin diseases, wounds, ulcers, diarrhea, epistaxis, hemorrhages, seminal weakness and general debility.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
Traditional Uses:Crushed bark is used to wash hair, it will prevent hair falling.
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