Name: Vitex negundo (Linn.)

  1. Common name: Five-leaved chaste
  2. Vernacular name: Posotia(Assamese)
  3. Family: Lamiaceae
  4. Habit:Small tree or erect shrub
  5. Habitat: near bodies of water, recently disturbed land, grasslands, and mixed open forests.
  6. Flower: June to August
  7. Parts used: Leaves
  8. Distribution: It is common throughout India from coastal belt to subtropical Western Himalayas and Andaman Islands, abundant in drier zones.It is particularly found in Karnataka and Tamilnadu
  9. Uses: Relieves muscle aches and joint pains.Leaves are useful in eye diseases, inflammation, loss of skin colour. Helps in motility of sperm,cell cycle.