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  • आस्फॊता
  • इक्षुगन्धा
  • इक्षुगन्धिका
  • इक्षुबालिका
  • इक्षुरः
  • इक्षुरसः
  • इक्ष्वालिका
  • इज्जलः
  • इन्द्रः
  • इन्द्रद्रुः
  • इन्द्रदारु
  • इन्द्रवारुणी
  • इन्दीवरी
  • उग्रगन्धः
  • उग्रगन्धा

    • Name - अपराजिता

    Botanical name - Clitoria ternatea

    Description - A perennial, twining herb, with terete stems and branches. Leaves are imparipinnately compound and alternate with 5-7 leaflets. Blue or White coloured flowers in in axillary, Solitary, Corolla 5, Polypetalous and papillionaceous. Standard petal is much larger than the rest of the petals, erect, round and notched at the tip, wing petals are oblong, spreading, adnate to the keel petals, keel petals smaller than the wing petals and encurved, 10 stamens, long style, simple stigma. Fruits are the pods, straight, flattened sharpely beaked, sparsely appressedly hairy. Yellowish brown coloured and 6-10 seeds.

    Chemical Constituents- Plant contains kaempferol and its glucoside clitorin. Leaves contain a lactone aparajitin. Flowers contain acylmoieties, ternatins. Seeds contain gamma-sitosterol. Roots contain taraxerol. Defatted seeds contain a phenol glycoside, an alkaloid, ethyl alpha-D-galactopyranoside and p-hydroxycinnamic acid and polypeptide. Seeds contain hexacosanol, Beta-sitosterol and an anthoxanthin.

    Use - The roots are used as purgative and diuretic. Root and entire plant. Used as brain stimulent. It is a ingredient in many market preparations as a brain tonic ,also used in skin disorders.