Vitex leucoxylon

White wood chaste tree
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Asterids
Order:Lamiales
Family:Lamiaceae
Genus:Vitex
Species: V. leucoxylon
Binomial name
Vitex leucoxylon
L.f.
Synonyms
  • Vitex alata Willd.
  • Vitex altissima f. alata (Willd.) Moldenke
  • Vitex appendiculata Rottler ex C.B.Clarke
  • Vitex latifolia Wight ex Steud. [Invalid]
  • Vitex zeylanica Turcz. [Illegitimate] [1]

Vitex leucoxylon, the white wood chaste tree, is a species of deciduous woody plant with 15m height, in the Lamiaceae family. 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.[2]

Common Names

  • Tamil - Nir nocchi, Nir-noochi
  • Malayalam - Beemis, Vellanotchi, Attunochi, Neernochi, Atta nochii
  • Marathi - Sona garbi, Sheras
  • Telugu - Gajavaavili, Kondavaavili
  • Kannada - Holenekki, Sengeni, Hollalakki
  • Sanskrit - Paravatapadi [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-213311
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  3. ↑ http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/20029


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