Lamiaceae
Roundleaf chastetree
Vitex rotundifolia
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Vitex
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- بنجي كشت
- Cantonese
- 單葉蔓荊
- Chinese
- 单叶蔓荆, 單葉蔓荊, 海埔姜, 山埔姜, 白埔姜, 蔓荆子, 蔓荊子, 單葉蔓荆
- English
- Roundleaf chastetree, Beach vitex, Round-leaf vitex
- hak
- San‵bu‵giong‵
- Hawaiian
- Pōhinahina
- Indonesian
- Alaban tanah
- Japanese
- ハマゴウ, ハマハイ, マンケイシ, 蔓荊子
- Korean
- 순비기나무, 만형자, 만형자나무
- pwn
- Ljapupuk
- Thai
- คนทีสอทะเล
Synonyms
- Vitex agnus-castus var. ovata (Thunb.) Kuntze
- Vitex ovata Thunb.
- Vitex ovata var. subtrisecta Kuntze
- Vitex repens Blanco
- Vitex rotundifolia f. albescens Hiyama
- Vitex rotundifolia f. albiflora S.S.Ying
- Vitex rotundifolia f. albiflora Y.N.Lee
- Vitex rotundifolia f. rosea Satomi
- Vitex trifolia subsp. litoralis Steenis
- Vitex trifolia var. obovata Benth.
- Vitex trifolia var. ovata (Thunb.) Makino
- Vitex trifolia var. repens (Blanco) Ridl.
- Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia Cham.
- Vitex trifolia var. unifoliolata Schauer
Flowers
- In flower
- May to October (from 660 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ron Burkert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Devin Kellar, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel J. Layton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: bernhard_hiller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Jason Hernandez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tyler Ekholm, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.