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|species = latifolia<br />
|authority = ([[Roxb.]] ex [[Augustin Pyramus de Candolle|DC.]]) [[Wall.]] ex [[Guill.]] & [[Perr.]]<br />
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'''''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, baajhi, dhau, dhawa, dhawra'', or ''dhaora'' ([[Hindi]]), ''takhian-nu'' ([[Thai language|Thai]]), and ''raam'' ([[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]).<br />
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[[File:Axle wood tree 04.JPG|thumb|left|Fruit of ''Anogeissus latifolia'']]<br />
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It is one of the most useful trees in India. Its leaves contain large amounts of [[gallotannin]]s,<ref>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}}</ref> and are used in India for tanning and firewood.<ref>{{cite book |title=Firewood Crops: Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production : Report of an Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Commission on International Relations |date=1980 |publisher=National Academies |page=112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XmQrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA112 |access-date=5 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref> The tree is the source of Indian gum, also known as ghatti gum, which is used for [[Calico (fabric)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ab598e/AB598E13.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418203749/http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ab598e/AB598E13.htm |archive-date=2014-04-18 }}</ref><br />
[[File:Anogeissus latifolia bark.jpg|thumb|Bark of Anogeissus latifolia]]<br />
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==Footnotes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* ''"Anogeissus latifolia"'', AgroForestry Tree Database. Accessed April 20, 2008. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110526114205/http://www.worldagroforestry.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=1789]<br />
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