Vitex negundo
Vitex negundo
Author : L.
Family : Verbenaceae

Habit:Shrub

Sanskrit: Nirgundi
English: Five-leaved chaste tree
 
Description
A shrub or a small tree, with 3-5-foliolate leaves, lanceolate leaflets, deep purple flowers in terminal thyrsoid and ovoid black drupes.
Useful part

Whole plant

Medicinal Uses

headache, arthritis, inflammations, dysentery, urinary diseases, wounds, ulcers, bronchitis, cough, malarial fever, bleedings, dysmenorrhoea, leprosy, skin & eye diseases, general debility, sprains, spleen & liver disorders, diarrhoea, cholera, cardiac disorders, cancer

Major chemical constituents

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