Scientific Name : Vitex negundo L.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : A small tree with square, white and hairy stem. Leaves : Opposite, 3-5 foliate, leaflets petioled, lanceolate, acute, terminal leaflet largest, white hairy below. Inflorescence : Branched, hairy cymes, forming a large in terminal panicle. Flowers : Bracteate, bracts lanceolate, caduceus. Calyx bell-shaped, white-hairy, teeth 5, triangular. Corolla bluish purple, bilipped, upper lip divided into 2 lobes, lower lip 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, filaments hairy at the base. Ovary glabrous, 4-celled, ovules 4, style slender, stigma bifid. Fruits : Drupe surrounded at the base by the calyx. Flowering and Fruiting Time : More or less throughout the year. Significance : The decoction of the leaves is used as a vapour bath after fever. It is very useful in dispersing swellings of joints from acute rheumatism. A pillow stuffed with leaves is placed under the head for relief of headache.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
निर्गुंडी, Indian Privet
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Synonym(s):
Agnus-castus negundo (L.) Carrière
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Family:
Lamiaceae
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Botany Department (DVP College, Nimgaon Sawa) -
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05-09-2022
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