MPdb: Melghat Plant Data Bank
MS128 : Vitex trifolia L. |
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| Plant Location in Melghat : | Scarce, only at Chikhaldara | |||||||||||||
| Plant Category : | Shrubs | |||||||||||||
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| Plant Family : | LAMIACEAE | |||||||||||||
| Plant Common Name : | Three-Leaved Chaste Tree, Simpleleaf chastetree, Arabian Lilac • Bengali: Pani-samalu • Hindi: Nichinda, Pani-ka-sanbhal • Kannada: karinochi, lakki • Malayalam: Chara-nosi, karinochi, • Manipuri: Urikshibi • Marathi: indrani, lingur, nirgundi • Oriya: svetasurasa • Sanskrit: indranika, indrasurasa, jalanirgundi • Tamil: karunochi, nirnocci • Telugu: chiruvavil | |||||||||||||
| Synonym : | Vitex agnus-castus var. trifolia (L.) Kurz Vitex indica Mill., nom. superfl. Vitex integerrima Mill., nom. superfl. Vitex trifolia var. trifoliolata Schauer, nom. illeg. Vitex variifolia Salisb., nom. superfl. |
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| Description : | Shrub, 3-6 m high; branches and branchlets obtusely 4-angular or subterete, pubescent; nodes annulate; internodes 2.5-5 cm long. Leaves 1-3 foliolate; petioles slender, canaliculate, 0.5-3.5 cm long, grey-appressed-pubescent; leaflets ovate-oblong or obovate, obtuse or acute to cuneate at base, entire along margins, acuminate at apex; middle leaflets 2.5-6.5 x 1-3.5 cm; petiolules ca 0.5 cm long or subsessile; lateral leaflets 2.5-4.5 x 1-1.5 cm, sessile; chartaceous, dark green pubescent with resinous glands above, white-or grey-tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, obscure on both surfaces. Panicles terminal and supraaxillary, 5-26 cm long; peduncles obtusely 4-angular, greyish-pubescent; bracts leaf-like, simple or 3-foliolate, smaller than leaves; bractlets linear, 1-4 mm long, pubescent. Flowers fragrant; pedicels 0.5-1 cm long. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, ca 4x 3 mm; teeth triangular, ca 0.2 mm long, greyish-pubescent outside. Corolla hypocrateriform, 2-lipped, 5-lobed, violet, purple or blue; upper lip 2-lobed; lobes ovate, 2 mm; lower lip 3-lobed; midlobe obovate or suborbicular, entire, acute, ca 6 x 5 mm; lateral lobes ovate, acute, ca 3 x 2 mm; tube narrow, ca 4 x 2 mm, densely villous at throat, pubescent, glandular outside. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments slender, 7-8 mm long, hairy at base, anthers oblong, ca 1 mm long, basifixed. Ovary globose, ca 1 mm, gland-dotted at apex, glabrous at base; style slender, ca 1.5 cm long, glabrous; stigma 2-lobed; lobes subulate, equal. Drupes subglobose or ovoid, ca 6 x 5 mm, black when mature, glabrous; fruiting-calyx cupular, ca 1 cm across, membranous, pubescent. | |||||||||||||
| Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : | The roots are diaphoretic and diuretic. A decoction is used in the treatment of fevers and liver diseases. It is also taken after childbirth. The leaves are anodyne, anti-septic, diuretic, emmenagogue and febrifuge. They are ground with garlic, pepper, turmeric, and boiled rice and then made into pills which are used in the treatment of consumption. he fresh juice is drunk as a remedy for headache. Fomentations and baths of the leaves are used in the treatment of beriberi. The leaves are used as a dry fomentation or poultice for treating sprains, contusions, rheumatism and swollen testicles. The fruit is said to be nervine, cephalic, and emmenagogue. It is prescribed in the form of powder, an electuary, and a decoction. A decoction of the dried fruits is given in the treatment of common cold, headache, watery eyes and mastitis. The inner bark is chewed and swallowed as a remedy for dysentery. | |||||||||||||
| Plant's Phytochemicals : | Agnuside Artemetin Aucubin Casticin Friedlein luteolin Orientin |
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| Reference : | ~ Prabha Y. Bhogaonkar and Pankaj A. Dhole; "Checklist of Flora of Melghat"; Chief Conservator of Forest & Field Director, Melghat Tiger Project, Camp, Amravati
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