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Sanskrit Name   : Nirgundi
Latin Name    : Vetex negundo
Habitat               : All over India.
Morphology

Nirgundi

Sanskrit Name	:	Nirgundi
Latin Name	:	Vetex negundo
Habitat	:	All over India.
Morphology	:	A shrub or small tree.
Leaves	:	Tri or penta-foliolate;leaflets lanceolate,entire or crenate,glabrate,dark above and pale beneath,central leaflets larger. Leaves on crushing give a typical smell.
Flowers	:	In lateral cymes,small,cluster,bluish purple.
Fruits	:	Drupaceous and black when ripe.
Leaflets	:	9-17,opposite,sub opposite or alternate;lanceolate,acuminate,serrate or dentate,glabrous.
Flowers	:	Numerous,white,honey-scented.
Fruits	:	1 seeded drupes,oblong,green and hard,on ripening it turns yellow and soft.
Seeds	:	Obovate or oblong.
Flowering and Fruiting	:	Between March-August.

Due to strong (pungent) odour,it is used as a mosquito and bed bug repellant.
Also prevents insect growth in stored food grains(insecticidal).
A parasitic plant grows on nirgundi in rainy season which is useful in mahakustha.

Also effective in guneaworm infestation.
In large doses it vitiates pitta and therefore causes pitta disorders.

1. Susruta - 2 types Swetapuspa & Nilapuspa.
2. Dalhana - 2 types Nirgundi & Sindhuvara.
3. Dhanvantari Nighantu - 2 types Sweta & Nila.
4. Bhavamishra - 2 types Swetapuspa (Sindhuvara) & Nilapuspa. (Nirgundi)

Indicative Price

Nirgundi's Raw Herb - Rs.650

Nirgundi's Oil - Rs.2,600

Nirgundi's Extract - Rs.3,250

Reference
Price Information accessed from http://www.ayurvedacart.com/ on 10-04-18

Product details accessed from Ayurved Dravyanidhi

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