| HABIT: Tree. |
| HABIT : A small tree with square, white and hairy stem. |
| LEAVES : Opposite, 3-5 foliate, leaflets petioled, lanceolate, acute, terminal leaflet largest, white hairy below. |
| INLORESCENCE : Branched, hairy cymes, forming a large in terminal panicle. |
| FLOWERS : Bracteate, bracts lanceolate, caduceus.
Calyx bell-shaped, white-hairy, teeth 5, triangular.
Corolla bluish purple, bilipped, upper lip divided into 2 lobes, lower lip 3-lobed.
Stamens 4, didynamous, filaments hairy at the base.
Ovary glabrous, 4-celled, ovules 4, style slender, stigma bifid.
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| FRUITS : Drupe surrounded at the base by the calyx. |
| FLOWERING AND FRUITING TIME : More or less throughout the year. |
| The experimental studied using various animal models have demonstrated that different parts of the Vitex negundo linn especially leaves, fruits, root and seed possess anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic activity. |
| The analgesic action of Vitex negundo leaves extract was assessed by the acetic-acid induced writhing test and taila immersion test for assessing peripheral and central origin of analgesic effect. |
| The plant has been studied for its anticonvulsant activity. |
| Essential oils and successive ethyl acetate and ethanol extracts of Vitex negundo Linn. showed antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial strains. |
| The flavonoid rich fractions of seeds of Vitex negundo Linn. Caused disruption of the latter stages of spermatogenesis in dogs and interfered with male reproductive function in rats. |
