Lamiaceae
Chinese chastetree
Vitex negundo
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Vitex
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Common names
By language (28)
- Armenian
- Կուսածառ չինական
- Assamese
- পচতীয়া
- Bangla
- নিশিন্দা, নিসিন্দা
- Burmese
- ကြောင်ပန်းကြီး
- Chinese
- 黃荊, 黄荆, 五指柑, 五指风, 埔姜仔, 埔荊茶, 牡荆叶, 牡荆油
- Czech
- Drmek čínský
- English
- Chinese chastetree, Chinese chaste-tree
- Estonian
- Viietine mungapipar
- Filipino
- Lagundi
- French
- Troène de Chine
- Hindi
- वीटेक्स नेगुंडो
- Hungarian
- Kínai barátcserje
- Indonesian
- Sidondo, Legundi
- Kannada
- ಲಕ್ಕಿ ಗಿಡ
- Konkani
- लिंगड
- Korean
- 좀목형
- Malay
- Pokok Lemuni Kuning, Pokok Lagundi
- Malayalam
- കരിനൊച്ചി
- Marathi
- निर्गुडी, निर्गुंडी
- Nepali
- सिमाली
- Persian
- پنج انگشت چینی
- Sanskrit
- निर्गुण्डिसस्यम्
- sat
- ᱥᱤᱸᱫᱽᱣᱟᱹᱨᱤ, ᱥᱤᱸᱫᱽᱣᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱫᱟᱨᱮ
- Tamil
- வெண்ணொச்சி
- tcy
- ನೆಕ್ಕಿದ ಮರ
- Telugu
- వావిలి, నీరువావిలి
- Thai
- คนทีเขมา
- Tongan
- Lala
Synonyms
- Agnus-castus negundo (L.) Carrière
- Vitex agnus-castus var. negundo (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- May to October (from 307 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Doronenko, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Edmunds, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: 黃其君, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Smallflower chastetreeVitex parvifloraLamiaceae
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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.