Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Vitex trifolia

Syn. Vitex taihangensis

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Three-Leaved Chaste Tree (English)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Lamiaceae
5m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Vitex trifolia bark

Bark

Greyish-brown, smooth to slightly fissured with age; young branches densely covered with fine grey hairs.

Vitex trifolia leaves

Leaves

The leaves are oppositely arranged along the stems, simple or trifoliate with 3 linear leaflets which range between 1-12 cm in length. The upper surface of the leaves are green and the lower surface grayish green.

Vitex trifolia flower

Flower

The leaves are oppositely arranged along the stems, simple or trifoliate with 1–5 leaflets, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 1.5–7 × 0.8–4 cm, The upper surface of the leaves are green and the lower surface grayish green.

Vitex trifolia fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

The fleshy fruits are about 6 mm in diameter and contain 4 small black seeds.

Vitex trifolia

Did you know?

Derived from vieo, an old Latin word meaning to weave or tie, referring to the flexible medicinal twigs of some species.

Distribution

World map showing distribution

South Somalia to Mozambique and Pacific.