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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
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,037
- With media
- 881
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Collections
- CAS, GA, MICH, UTEP, SBBG, BRIT
- Recorded in
- China, United States, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Pakistan
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vitex negundo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.