Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS085 : Vitex negundo L.

Plant Category : Shrubs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 409

Synonym : Agnus-castus negundo (L.) Carrière.; Vitex agnus-castus var. negundo (L.) Kuntze.;

Plant Common Name : Nirgudi K-Samalu, Chaste Tree • Hindi: Nirgundi, sindvar • Manipuri: Urik shibi • Tamil: Nocchi • Malayalam: Vennocchi • Telugu: Vavili • Kannada: Nochi • Bengali: Nishinda • Sanskrit: Sinduvara, Indrani, Nilanirgundi • Urdu: Sambhalu, Tukhm sambhalu

Plant Family : Verbenaceae

Description : Shrubs or small trees; purple pubescent all over, aromatic, bark pale. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; leaflets 6-13 x 2-5 cm, narrowly oblong or elliptic to lanceolate, base acute, apex acuminate. Panicles terminal, 10-25 cm long. Calyx 5-toothed obconic, c. 3 mm long, teeth triangular. Corolla deep purple to violet in colour, c. 7 mm across, hypocrateriform; tube 3-5 mm long, puberulent without, upper lipd 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed with the middle lobe larger, obovate, undulate-margined, other lobes shorter, subequal, obtuse. Stamens 4, filaments purple. Ovary c. 1 mm long; style purple; stigma 2-fid. Drupe 3-5 mm across, globose, purple or black.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : Rheumatism, Skin diseases, important treatment for chronic bronchitis; The aromatic leaves are astringent, febrifuge, sedative, tonic and vermifuge. They are useful in dispersing swellings of the joints from acute rheumatism, and of the testes from suppressed gonorrhea. The juice of the leaves is used for removing foetid discharges and worms from ulcers, whilst an oil prepared with the leaf juice is applied to sinuses and scrofulous sores. The leaves are stuffed into pillows, which are then used to relieve headache. The dried fruit is vermifuge. The fruit is also used in the treatment of angina, colds, coughs, rheumatic difficulties etc. The fresh berries are pounded to a pulp and used in the form of a tincture for the relief of paralysis, pains in the limbs, weakness etc. The root is expectorant, febrifuge and tonic. It is used in the treatment of colds and rheumatic ailments.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: casticin; isoorientin; chrysophenol D; luteolin; p–hydroxybenzoic acid; sabinene; linalool; terpinen-4-ol; beta-caryophyllene; alpha-guaiene; globulol; negundoside; agnuside; vitegnoside; beta-sitosterol; vitedoamine A;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (6):

Beta-sitosterol;

Luteolin;

Caryophyllene;

Beta-caryophyllene;

Terpinen-4-ol;

Linalool;

Plant's Current Status : Common

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32833 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Chaste%20Tree.html - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Vitex+negundo - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218522/ - https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/SW/article/view/2630 - http://www.public.asu.edu/~camartin/plants/Plant%20html%20files/Vitexmedicine.pdf - http://www.ijapbc.com/files/17.pdf

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Asteridae
Order : Lamiales
Family : Verbenaceae - Verbena family
Genus : Vitex L. - chastetree
Species : Vitex negundo L. - Chinese chastetree

Vitex negundo L. - Chinese chastetree
Vitex negundo L. - Chinese chastetree
Vitex negundo L. - Chinese chastetree
Vitex negundo L. - Chinese chastetree