Hole Lakki / White-Wood Chaste Tree
Vitex leucoxylon
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
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
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Meghalaya
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Verbenaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
Typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
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
About Hole Lakki
White-Wood Chaste Tree (Vitex leucoxylon) is a tree belonging to the Verbenaceae family (Verbena/Teak family). Members of this family are generally characterised by opposite/whorled simple/compound leaves, spike/raceme/cymose flower clusters, drupe fruit. It is typically found in along river banks, streams in evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Native to Indian subcontinent, it is distributed across India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar and cultivated in other countries. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Hole Lakki belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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