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Vitex trifolia - Jalanirgundi

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'''Jalanirgundi''' or '''Vitex trifolia''', the '''simpleleaf chastetree''',<ref name="int"/> is a large coastal shrub or small tree.<ref name="int2"/> Vitex trifolia and it is naturally found along coastlines from tropical East Africa as far east as French Polynesia.
== Description Uses=={{Uses|fevers}}, {{Uses|liver diseases}}, {{Uses|consumption}}, {{Uses|headache}}, {{Uses|beriberi}}, {{Uses|sprains}}, {{Uses|contusions}}, {{Uses|rheumatism}}, {{Uses|swollen testicles}}
Vitex trifolia is a large coastal shrub or small tree==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, less than 5 m in height with the stems covered by soft hairs (tomentose). The leaves are oppositely arranged along the stems and are usually compound, composed of 3 linear leaflets which range between 1 –12 cm in length. The upper surface of the leaves are green and the lower surface grayish green{{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
The flowers are born in panicles or clusters up to 18 cm in length. Individual flowers ==Chemical Composition==An essential oil and alkaloids have purple to violet two-lipped corollas that are approximately 5 mm longbeen isolated from the leaves and bark of this plant. The stamen are in two pairs Particularly leaves contain flavones, artemetin and the ovary is superior, or develops above the corolla. The fleshy fruits are about 6 mm in diameter 7-desmethyl artemetin and contain 4 small black seeds.some non-flavonoid components<ref name="chemical composition"/>
== Uses Common names=={{Common names|kn=karinochi, lakki|ml=Chara-nosi|sa=indranika|ta=karunochi|te=chiruvavil|hi=Nichinda|en=Three-Leaved Chaste Tree}}
The leaves are used to treat female ailments in the Cook Islands==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, and used to relieve fever in Samoa.[clarification needed] Additionally in SamoaRasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, the dried leaves are burned to deter mosquitosPrabhava - Therepeutics.[clarification needed]===Dravya===
==Common name=Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava===
* '''Kannada''' - ನಿರಲಕ್ಕಿಗಿಡ==Habit==* '''Hindi''' - Nichinda{{Habit|Deciduous Shrub}}
==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|opposite|The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|3–23 cm|Yellow|5-20|Flowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit||5 mm long|Fruits yellow or reddish turning blue or black|pubescent outside|-}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Requires a sunny position and a well-drained, preferably sandy soil. Plants are highly tolerant of salt in the air and in the soil. Established plants are very drought tolerant<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Coastal sand dunes}}, {{Commonly seen|sandy seashoresmeadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Found in teak forest}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Vitex trifolia L. (5928822953).jpgFile:Vitex trifolia.jpgFile:Vitex trifolia 2.jpgFile:Vitex trifolia at Kavvaayi (1).jpgFile:Vitex trifolia L. (AM AK55727).jpg</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[httpshttp://plantswww.usdampbd.govinfo/coreplants/vitex-trifolia.php "Chemical constituents"]</profile?symbolref> <ref name=VITR7 "Vitex trifoliaLeaf">[http://powo.science. Natural Resources Conservation Servicekew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:866039-1 "plant morphology"]</ref> <ref name="int2How to plant/cultivate">[httpshttp://npgswebtropical.ars-grintheferns.govinfo/gringlobal/taxonomylistviewtropical.aspxphp?category=species&type=genus&value=a%20genus&id=12733 Vitex+trifolia "GRIN Species Records of VitexCultivation Details"]</ref>
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== External Links ==* [http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:866039-1 ]*[httpshttp://enwww.wikipedialearn2grow.orgcom/wikiplants/Vitex_trifolia Vitex vitex-trifolia-purpurea-care-and-maintenance/ ]* [https://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/agrimony-herb.html ]
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