Vitex rotundifolia (beach vitex) is a species of Vitex that is native to seashores throughout the Pacific. Its range includes continents and islands stretching from India east to Hawaii and from Korea south to Australia.
Vitex agnus-castus 'Montrose Purple' is a large deciduous shrub or small tree when limbed up with aromatic, palmately compound leaves. From early summer to frost the Texas Lilac is covered with 8-12" long fragrant flower spikes.
Vitex agnus-castus
Monk's pepper
Verbenaceae Family
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Vitex trifolia (simpleleaf chastetree)
Simpleleaf chastetree is very common from East Africa to Tahiti in the Pacific, where it is grown as an ornamental and for medicinal use.
Vitex rotundifolia - Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)
USDA. ARS. National Genetic Resources Program.
Taxonomy
Plant profile for Vitex rotundifolia - PLANTS Database
USDA. NRCS. National Plant Data Center.
Taxonomy; Distribution ...
#259 Vitex agnus-castus
Common Names: hemp tree, chaste tree, monk
Family: Verbenaceae (verbena or vervain Family)
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The genus name Vitex allegedly derived from Latin vitilis made by plaiting, because the flexible branches of the tree were used in the construction of plaited fences (note that willow has similar semanÂtics).
Vitex
Vitex agnus-castus
MEDICINAL: Vitex is a normalizing herb for the reproductive system. It is most commonly used in treating infertility, PMS, menopausal problems, and hormonal imbalances.
Vitex agnus-castus (Chaste Tree)
Large shrub to 2 m high. Palmate-shaped foliage with light violet blooms in racemes at ends of current season's growth. Blooms July to Sept. Hardy to zone 6/7. Bee attractant.
Vitex agnus-castus. First mentioned in 1772. Not common. Sometimes known as chaste tree, hemp tree, monk's pepper tree, sage tree, Indian spice and wild pepper.
Vitex negundo. Same family. Not common.
Wandering Jew. A common ground cover.
Vitex -- The Women's Herb. Santa Cruz, CA: Botanica Press, 1986.
Brief and accessible survey of the use of Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus) in treating gynecological disorders.
Vitex agnus-castus 'Alba'
Nearly white, or very light pinkish-lavender, spikes, to 11" long, are borne in summer held above the soft blue-green foliage. A large open, spreading shrub or small tree that lends itself to a natural setting.
Vitex agnus castus
Family: Verbenaceae
Chaste Berry, Chasteberry, Hemptree, Agnus castus, Abraham's balm
Origin: Europe and Western Asia ...
Vitex agnus-castus var. latifolia
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Chaste Tree (Vitex) - V. Agnuscastus is a graceful shrub, with divided leaves, and in late summer clusters of small pale lilac flowers. It grows 6 to 10 feet high against a wall, but even thus protected is liable to be killed during a severe winter.
Chaste-Tree (Vitex). Chaste-tree is similar in appearance to bluebeard except that the blossoms are in large panicles of blue-purple. It also needs full sun and well-drained soil.
Chaste Tree
(Vitex agnus-castus)
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Chaste Tree ...
Chaste tree berry - Vitex agnus castus (in the Verbenaceae or Verbena family)
Parts used: Fruits.
Taste/smell: Pungent.
White Chaste-tree ( Vitex agnus-castus )
White Christmas Begonia ( Begonia White Christmas )
White Christmas Caladium ( Caladium bicolor ) ...
Agnocasto - Vitex agnus-castus
Agracejo - Berberis vulgaris
Agracillo - Berberis vulgaris
Agrecillo - Mahonia aquifolium
Agriaz - Melia azedarach
Agrifolio - Ilex aquifolium
Agrimonia - Agrimonia eupatoria
Agrimonia velluda - Agrimonia pilosa ...
Chaste Tree, Chastetree Vitex agnus-castus
Chestnut
American Castanea dentata
Cherry
Akebono Yoshino Prunus × yedoensis ‘Akebono'
Amur Prunus maackii
Autumn Flowering Higan Prunus subhirtella var. autumnalis
Birchbark, Paperbark Prunus serrula ...
Round-Leaf Chaste Tree [English]: Vitex rotundifolia
Round-Leaf Chastetree [English]: Vitex rotundifolia
Round-Leaf Chastetree [English]: Vitex rotundifolia f. albiflora
Round-Leaf Crane's-Bill [English]: Geranium rotundifolium ...
Chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
Cherry (Prunus species)
Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)
Chestnut, European chestnut (Castanea sativa)
Chicory, witloof, Belgian endive, radicchio (Cichorium intybus)
Chilean fire tree (Embothrium coccineum) ...
lilac chaste-tree Vitex agnus-castus
lilac pualele Emilia sonchifolia var. sonchifolia
lily of the valley Convallaria majalis
lime Citrus aurantifolia
linden viburnum Viburnum dilatatum
Lindley's butterfly bush Buddleja lindleyana ...
Chaste tree - see Vitex
Chelidonium majus (Greater celandine) - poisonous; skin & eye
irritant
Chenille plant - see Acalypha
Cherry laurel - see Prunus laurocerasus
Chincherinchee - see Ornithogalum
Chinese evergreen - see Aglaonema ...
Hemp Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
Hen and Chickens (Sempervivum tectorum)
Hen and Chicks (Echeveria elegans)
Henderson Fawn Lily (Erythronium hendersonii)
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Heracleum Sphondylium ssp 'montanum'
Herb of Grace (Ruta graveolens) ...
Viburnum Viburnum x rhytidophylloides Lantanaphyllum Viburnum Vinca major Large Periwinkle Vinca major 'Variegata' Periwinkle 'Variegata' Vinca minor Periwinkle Vinca minor 'Alba' Periwinkle 'Alba' Vinca minor 'Bowlesii' Bowles Periwinkle Vitex ...
Chastetree (Vitex agnus-castus)
American Cranberrybush Viburnum (Viburnum trilobum)
Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia species)
Floribunda roses
Fragrant Tea Olive (Osmanthus fragrans)
Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides)
Grandiflora roses ...
Constituents: flavonoids (including saponarin, saponetin, vitexin, isovitexin, orientin, iso-orientin), sterols, cholorogenic acid, maltol, gynocardin, volatile oil, traces of alkaloids (including harmine, harman, harmol, harmaline, harmalol, ...
The genus name "Negundo" was apparently applied because of similarities between the leaf shape of Negundo aceroides and Vitex negundo. "Aceroides" is from the Latin and Greek for "similar to acers", i.e., similar to Maples.
Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
Butterfly bush (Buddleja davidii)
Althea, Rose-of-Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
Common Lilac (Syringa vulgaris)
Chastetree (Vitex agnus-castus)
Azalea (Rhododendron)
* Princess Tree (Paulownia) ...
(2009); Vitex is paraphyletic. For the phylogeny of the Australian-centered Chloantheae (Prostantheroideae), see Conn et al. (2009). In Ajugoideae, Clerodendrum is being divided (Steane et al. 1999, 2004).
Original box elder is not highly regarded in the Eastern states, but was used by Native Americans up and down the Missouri River for making sugar. The word negundo is from Sanskrit nirgund—i, a name current in India for species of Vitex.
 See also: Vitex agnus-castus, Green, Chaste Tree, May, Pink
  
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