Vitex leucoxylon

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White wood chaste tree
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Vitex
Species:
V. leucoxylon
Binomial name
Vitex leucoxylon
L.f.
Synonyms
  • Vitex alataWilld.
  • 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 family Lamiaceae. 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]

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References

  1. "Vitex altissima L.f." Theplantlist.org.
  2. "Vitex leucoxylon - VERBENACEAE". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  3. "Vitex leucoxylon L.f." Indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-11-28.