ABOUT

Manjistha, also known as Rubia Cordifolia or Indian Madder, is a flowering plant from the coffee family Rubiaccae. It is a creeper or branched climber that can grow upto 10m with a thick, long red bark. It is usually found in scrub vegetation, moist deciduous forest, forest edges, shrubs, grass slopes, grassland or open, rocky areas and semi-evergreen areas. The flowers of this plant are very small and greenish white in colour, arranged in a branched cluster. The fertile flowers get small globus berries that are blueish-black or red-purple in colour. Manjistha has anti-inflammatory, anti-biotic, anti-asthamatic, detoxifying and pain-relieving properties which help in treating many problems like jaundice, liver infections, skin problems, asthma, etc.