Vitex leucoxylon

(Vitex leucoxylon)

galery

Description

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.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Lamiaceae
Genus:Vitex
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