About White-Wood Chaste Tree
Vitex leucoxylon, the white wood chaste tree, is a species of deciduous woody plant with 15m height, in the family Lamiaceae. Native to Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka. Bark is brown in color. Leaves compound, digitate; apex acute to obtuse; base cuneate - attenuate; margin entire. Inflorescence is corymbose cymes. Corolla is white with purple color. Fruit is purplish black with four seeded smooth drupe.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Vitex leucoxylon
- Genus
- Vitex
- Family
- VERBENACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along river banks, streams in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and cultivated in other countries
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Tamil
- காட்டுநொச்சி kattu-nocci, நீர்நொச்சி nir-nocci
- Kannada
- ಹೊಳೆಲಕ್ಕಿ Hole lakki, ಸೆಂಗೆನಿ Sengeni
- Malayalam
- ആറ്റുനൊച്ചി aatunocci, നീര്നൊച്ചി niirnocci, ആറ്റുനൊച്ചി
- Marathi
- शेरस sheras, सोनगारबी songarbi
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
White-Wood Chaste Tree belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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