Lamiaceae

Chaste-tree

Vitex agnus-castus L.

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Vitex

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Chaste-tree (Vitex agnus-castus) — FlowerPhoto: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (34)

Arabic: كف مريم, ارثد, حشيشة أبو شيح, شجرة ابراهيم, شجرة الرهبان, شجرة. مريم, قبيرة, كف الجذماء
arc: ܫܘܢܝܐ
Armenian: Կուսածառ սովորական
arz: كف مريم
Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs viteks
Basque: Zalitzuki
Bulgarian: Авраамово дърво, Агнус кастус, Монашески пипер
Catalan: Aloc
Chinese: 穗花牡荆
Croatian: Prstasta konopljika
Czech: Drmek obecný, Mnišský pepř
Danish: Kyskhedstræ
Dutch: Monnikspeper, Kuisheidsboom
English: Chaste-tree, Lilac chastetree, Chaste tree, Chasteberry, Lilac chaste tree, Monk's pepper
Esperanto: Purpura vitex, Purpura ĉasto, Ĉasta arbo
Finnish: Siveydenpuu
French: Arbre au poivre, Gattilier
Galician: Agnocasto
Georgian: Წკეპლა ცხარე
German: Mönchspfeffer
grc: Ἄγνος
Greek: Λυγαριά
Hebrew: שיח-אברהם מצוי, שיח אברהם
Hungarian: Barátcserje
Japanese: セイヨウニンジンボク
Kazakh: Зәмбіл ағаш
Norwegian Bokmål: Kyskhetstre
os: Халсаскъ
Persian: پنجانگشت
Polish: Niepokalanek pospolity, Niepokalanek mnisi, Niepokalanek pieprzowy, Pieprz mnisi, Witeks czczony
Russian: Витекс священный
Serbian: Конопљика
Turkish: Hayıt
Uyghur: ھايات دەرىخى

Synonyms

Agnus-castus robusta (Lebas) Carrière
Agnus-castus vulgaris Carrière
Agnus-castus vulgaris var. alba (Weston) Carrière
Agnuscastus alba Carrière
Agnuscastus macrostachya Carrière
Vitex agnus Stokes
Vitex agnus var. integeerrima Stokes
Vitex agnus-castus f. alba (Weston) Rehder
Vitex agnus-castus f. albiflora Moldenke
Vitex agnus-castus f. caerulea (Rehder) Moldenke
Vitex agnus-castus f. laciniosa (Ces.) Moldenke
Vitex agnus-castus f. latifolia (Mill.) Rehder
Vitex agnus-castus f. rosea Rehder
Vitex agnus-castus var. caerulea Rehder
Vitex agnus-castus var. laciniosa Ces.
Vitex agnus-castus var. latifolia (Mill.) G.Don
Vitex agnus-castus var. pseudonegundo Hausskn.
Vitex agnus-castus var. serrata Moldenke
Vitex agnuscastus subsp. haussknechtii Bornm.
Vitex agnuscastus subsp. latifolia Aiton
Vitex agnuscastus var. alba Weston
Vitex agnuscastus var. angustifolia Aiton
Vitex haussknechtii (Bornm.) Prain
Vitex hybrida Moldenke
Vitex integra Medik.
Vitex latifolia Mill.
Vitex lupinifolia Salisb.
Vitex negundo var. macrophylla Moldenke
Vitex pseudonegundo (Hausskn.) Hand.-Mazz.
Vitex robusta Lebas
Vitex verticillata Lam.

Flowers

In flower: May to October (from 764 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Kurt Miller, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Pantazi Katerina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Quentin Groom, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jacky Judas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Gordo06, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sam Kieschnick, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.