Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Vitex | Species: Vitex
negundo Linn. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Vitex incisa, Vitex bicolor | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Sambhalu, Sindvar, Nirgundi | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Chaste Tree, Common Chaste Tree, Negundo Chastetree, Five Leaved Chaste Tree, Negundo | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Urikshibi | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | 1000m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 3-5 mm across, globose, purple or black |
| Habitat | Common, by riverbanks, along roadsides as hedges | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Himalaya, Burma, Afghanistan, China, Indo-China, Sri Lanka, Malaysia | Bark Details | Bark thin, grayish brown or grayish white, blaze yellow |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Chaste tree can be described as a cross between a shrub and a tree with a single woody stem (trunk). It can grow up to five meters tall. Chaste tree's distinctive feature are the pointed leaves with 3-5 leaflets. Small, lilac or violet flowers on new growth from June to September. Flowers are the smallest of the commonly grown Vitex species. The leaves are used as a mosquito repellent. Leaves are burnt in a heap which proves very useful to get rid of Mosquitoes. | Leaf Details | Leaves Opposite, Digitately Palmately Compound With 3-8 Foliolate, Rarely Unifoliate, Often Aromatic Or Foetid, Petiolate, Exstipulate (obloenceolate) |
