Vitex negundo L.
Vitex negundo L.
Family: Lamiaceae
Chaste tree, Negundo, Negundo Chastetree
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native to Indo-Malesia and China.
Use: Medicinal, Ornamental
Description:
Shrubs or small trees; purple or pale white pubescent all over, aromatic. Leaves opposite, 3-5-foliolate; leaflets narrowly oblong or elliptic to lanceolate, base acute, apex acuminate. Panicles terminal, 10-25 cm long. Calyx 5-toothed obconic, teeth triangular. Corolla pale purple to violet, ca. 7 mm across; upper lip 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed with the middle lobe larger, obovate, undulate-margined, other lobes shorter. Stamens 4, filaments purple. Drupe 3-5 mm across, globose, purple or black.