Botanical Name: Rubia cordifolia
Sanskrit Name: Manjishtha, Samanga
English Name: Indian Madder
Family: Rubiaceae

Description Rubia cordifolia:

A very variable, prickly creeper or climber. The rootstocks are perennial; the roots, long and cylindric with a thin, red bark; the stems, four angled. The leaves are very variable, cordate-ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 2-8 in a whorl, normally 4, sometimes 1 pair is larger. The flowers are small, white or greenish, or in shades of red and yellow, sweet-scented in terminal panicles of cymes; the fruits, globose, or slightly 2-lobed, dark-purplish or black, fleshy with 2 small seeds.

Principal Constituents:

Purpurin, Munjistin, Xanthopurpurin or Purpuroxanthin and Pseudopurpurin.

Medicinal Uses:

The roots are credited with tonic, antiseptic, and deobstruent properties. They are used in rheumatism.

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