Premna serratifolia, Munja, Kozhichedi, Headache tree, മുഞ്ഞ, കോഴിച്ചെടി

Family: Lamiaceae
Vernacular names: Munja, Kozhichedi, മുഞ്ഞ, കോഴിച്ചെടി (Malayalam), Headache tree (English), Agnimanthah (Sanskrit), Arni (Hindi), Munnai (Tamil)
Distribution: Indo-Malesia
Description: Large shrub to small trees. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in terminal corymbose panicled cymes. Fruit a drupe; seeds oblong.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Moist sandy soil along seacoasts and mangrove forests
Flowering & Fruiting: May-November

Parts used: Whole plant
Properties & Uses: Root is bitter, pungent, laxative, stomachic, alexipharmic and tonic. Root is used for the treatment of anemia, diabetes, inflammations, swellings, bronchitis, dyspepsia, constipation, fever and liver complains. Leaves are stomachic and carminative. It is used to treat piles, tumours, flatulence, cols and fever. Whole plant is used to treat rheumatism and neuralgia.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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