Vitex negundo · Kew POWO · Kew Plants of the World Online
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLamiales
- FamilyLamiaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Iran, Japan
Observations recorded11,551
General: and are often recognised as Vitex negundo var. incisa (Lam.) C. B
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Wikidata facts
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- Vitex negundo leaves.jpg
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- taxon name
- Vitex negundo
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- taxon common name
- 五指柑
- short name
- V. negundo
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- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e
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Article
Close-up on flowers In vitro flowering in Vitex negundo Inflorescence of Vitex negundo in Panchkhal valley in Nepal
Vitex negundo, commonly known as the Chinese chaste tree, five-leaved chaste tree, or horseshoe vitex, or nisinda is a large aromatic shrub with quadrangular, densely whitish, tomentose branchlets. It is widely used in folk medicine, particularly in South and Southeast Asia.