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 Latin nameAnogeissus latifolia Wall.
 FamilyCombretaceae
 Identified with (Skt)dhava
 Identified with (Hin)dhavā, dhaurā, bākalī
 Identified with (Tam)veḷḷanakai, veḷḷanamai
 Identified with (Mal)veḷḷanava, maḻukkāññiram
 Identified with (Eng)Axe wood
 Botanical infoA large tree growing in deciduous forests throughout India, up to 30 m high, greenish or greyish smooth bark, elliptic or suborbicular leaves, small fruits, many in globular head, yellowish brown, flowers sessile in small dense heads
 Search occurrencedhava, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageAnogeissus latifolia Wall. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 513)
dhava 1, m. Grislea Tomentosa or Anogeissus Latifolia, AV., MBh. &c., Suśr., Bhpr. dhava 2, m. (accent. only Naigh.; said by some to be fr. dhU, but more probably a secondary formation fr. vi-dhavā q.v.) a man Naigh. ii, 3 Pañc. ii, 109; a husband, BhP. i, 16, 20; lord, possessor, Hariv. 14952; rogue, cheat, L.; N. of a Vasu (w.r. for dhara?), VP.

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 513)
dhava, 1 m. Grislea Tomentosa or Anogeissus Latifolia, AV.; MBh. &c.; Suśr.; Bhpr.

dhava, 2 m. (accent. only Naigh.; said by some to be fr. √dhū, but more probably a secondary formation fr. vi-dhavā, q.v.) a man, Naigh. ii, 3; Pañc. ii, 109; a husband, BhP. i, 16, 20; lord, possessor, Hariv. 14952; rogue, cheat, L.; N. of a Vasu (w.r. for dhara?), VP.


 
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