Lamiaceae
Smooth chastetree
Vitex glabrata
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Vitex
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Common names
By language (4)
- Bangla
- আসাল
- Chinese
- 光叶牡荆, 光葉牡荆
- English
- Smooth chastetree, Smooth chaste-tree
- Thai
- ไข่เน่า
Synonyms
- Vitex bombacifolia Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
- Vitex cunninghamii Schauer
- Vitex elegans Griff.
- Vitex glabrata f. bombacifolia (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) Moldenke
- Vitex glabrata f. pallida (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) Moldenke
- Vitex glabrata var. bombacifolia (Wall. ex C.B.Clarke) Moldenke
- Vitex glabrata var. poilanei Moldenke
- Vitex helogiton K.Schum.
- Vitex minahassae Koord.
- Vitex nitida Merr.
- Vitex pallida Wall. ex C.B.Clarke
- Vitex pentaphylla Merr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ruth Palsson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, 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.