Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Vitex trifolia
Scientific Name and Description
Vitex trifolia L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | nichinda, nirgunda, nishinda, pani-ke-sanbhalu, pani-ki-samhalu, pani-ki-shambalu, panikisanbhalu, saphed-samhalu, sufed-sanbhalu, sufedsanbhalu |
| Kannada | karanuchi, karinekki, karinocci, karinochi, karinoochi, karnucci, lakki, lakkili, lakkli, leckee, lingura, maralu lakki, neer ghunga, neer lakki, neergundi, neerlakki, nekki, nekki nochi, nekkinocci, nira-lakki-gida, nirlakki, nirulakki, nocci, nochhi, nochi, sakki, samudra lakki |
| Malayalam | cara-nosi, caranoochie, caranosi, karinocci, karinochi, karunocchi, karunocci, lagondi, neerinochi, neerinochil, nir-noch-chi, nirnocci, nirnochi, nirnoschi, nocci, nochi, vennocci |
| Marathi | indrani, lingur, nirgundi |
| Sanskrit | hakrani, indranika, indrasurasa, jalanirgundi, kashanashini, krishnanirgundi, nilanirgundi, nilika, nirgundi, sephalika, shuklaprishthaka, sindhuka, sindhukara, sindukara, sinduvara, sinduvarah, surasa, surasa-vrikshaha, svetapushpa, svetasurasa, visugandhaka, vrikshaha |
| Tamil | cirunocci, erikuliran, karunocci, karunochi, kotiyanarkuni, kotiyanirakkunni, narcitti, neer nochi, neer-nochie, nili,nir-noch-chi, nir-nochi, nirkkunti, nirnocci, nirnocci,nirnoccicceti, nirnochchi, nirnochi, noccinochi, shiru-noch-chi, shirunoch-chi, sirunocci, sirunochi, ukkiram, ulokaveticci, |
| Telugu | chiru vavili, chiruvaavili, chiruvavili, ciruvavili, neelavaavili, neelavayalie, neeruvaavili, nelavavili, nilavavili, nilivavili, niru-vavili, niruvavili, noccili, nochali, nochili, shiru-vavili, shiruvavili, tellavavili, thellavaalli, vavili, vavili chettu, veyala |
| Tibetan | si ndu ba ra |
| Common Name | simpleleaf chastetree |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Vitex trifolia L. Shrub Whole plant Hair fall; malaria; rheumatic swelling General Mahishi et al. 2005
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Mahishi et al. 2005
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol II Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
The Flora of Orissa Vol III Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Vitex trifolia. (2023, October 20). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_trifolia