Simpleleaf Chastetree

It is widespread from North Australia East to Tahiti and North via Indonesia and the Philippines to China, India and Sri Lanka. Also reported from East Africa and introduced on many Pacific islands in the Central Pacific and Hawaii. The plant is gathered from the wild for local medicinal use. It is sometimes cultivated as a hedge plant and is widely grown as an ornamental.

Indian privet (India), Lagundi (Tagalog-Philippines), Mang jing zi (Chinese), Nira lakki gida (Kannada), Nirnochchi (Tamil), Sindhuka (Sanskrit).

It grows on sand, coral, pumice gravel or shale. It found in teak forest, secondary forest and thickets at elevations up to 1,100 m, but also in mangrove forest and along the shore.

• Barks - brown, smooth; young branches densely pubescent with greyish hairs. Sometimes prostate or ascending in habit.
• Leaves - opposite, 1–5-foliolate; leaflets oblong-elliptic or obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–7 cm. long, 0.8–4 cm. wide.
• Inflorescences - terminal and axillary in upper leaf-axils, blue, lavender or purple.
• Fruits - yellow or reddish turning blue or black, globose or ovoid.

• Generative propagation is by seed, sow freshly collected seed in a mix of sand and coir.
• If propagating by cuttings, take them when the plants are not in flower or fruit (apical cuttings with at least two nodes).

Alkaloids, phenol, glycosides, saponins,flavonoids, tannins, terpenoids, resin, acidresin, astringent organic acid, malic acid, l-d-pinene, camphene, terpinyl acetate, ursolicacid, a diterpene alcohol, vitrifol A,triterpenoids. 

• Studies have shown larvicidal, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hepatoprotective, anti-asthmatic, wound healing, anthelmintic, antitubercular properties.
• The fruit considered nervine, cephalic, emmenagogue.
• The roots considered tonic, expectorant and febrifuge.
• The plant is used as antiseptic.
• The inner bark is chewed and swallowed as a remedy for dysentery. 
• In Malaya, decoction of roots is drunk for fever and after childbirth.
• In India, leaves are used as anodyne, diuretic and emmenagogue, crushed leaves mixed with ghee applied to ringworm infection.
• In Chinese medicine, dried fruit has been used for colds, headache, migraine, and eye pain.
• Decoction of leaves is used for aromatic baths.

• Petik daun segar kemudian cuci bersih dengan air mengalir dan tiriskan.
• Keringkan daun dengan oven pada suhu 50°C.
• Setelah kering, haluskan dengan blender hingga menjadi serbuk.
• Kemas dan simpan dalam wadah/plastik yang bersih dan kedap udara.