Vitex NEGUNDO L.
| Synonym : | Vitex arborea Desf. Vitex chinensis Mill. Vitex incisa Lam. Vitex sinuata Medik. |
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| Bangla Name : | Nishinda, Bara Nishinda, Nigunda, Samalu, Nirgundi, Hing-rain (Sylhet). ,Niramisludi (Chakma), Soyin |
| English Name : | Chaste Tree. |
| Family : | Verbenaceae |
| Disease : | tonic,vermifuge,antiparasitic,alterative ,anodyne,headache ,rheumatism,ulcers,febrile,catarrhal ,pains ,asthma ,diuretic,nervine,cephalic ,emmenagogue,cooling,astringent . |
| Description : | A large aromatic, evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree. Leaves digitately 3 or 5-foliate, leaflets lanceolate, 4-12 cm long, coarsely toothed, base cuneate. Flowers in pedunculate branched, tomentose cymes, opposite along the quadrangular rachis of a large, terminal panicles, up to 30 cm long, corolla 1 cm long, bluish-purple. Fruit a drupe, ovoid, size of a small pea, black when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Throughout Bangladesh. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Hentriacontane, sterols, ?-sitosterol, ?-sitosterol acetate, stigmasterol, ascorbic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, carotene and amino acids have also been isolated from this plant. Leaves contain a pale greenish yellow essential oil, an alkaloid, nishindine |
| Uses : | Leaves are tonic, vermifuge, antiparasitic, alterative and anodyne, relieve catarrh and headache and effective against inflammatory swellings of the joints due to acute rheumatism. Leaf Juice removes foetid discharges and worms from ulcers. A decoction of |
| Habit : | small tree |