Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
Vitex trifolia L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Vitex agnus-castus var. trifolia (L.) Kurz |
synonym | Vitex indica Mill., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Vitex integerrima Mill., nom. superfl. |
synonym | Vitex trifolia var. trifoliolata Schauer, nom. illeg. |
synonym | Vitex variifolia Salisb., nom. superfl. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Woody Subshrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Shrub, 3-6 m high; branches and branchlets obtusely 4-angular or subterete, pubescent; nodes annulate; internodes 2.5-5 cm long. Leaves 1-3 foliolate; petioles slender, canaliculate, 0.5-3.5 cm long, grey-appressed-pubescent; leaflets ovate-oblong or obovate, obtuse or acute to cuneate at base, entire along margins, acuminate at apex; middle leaflets 2.5-6.5 x 1-3.5 cm; petiolules ca 0.5 cm long or subsessile; lateral leaflets 2.5-4.5 x 1-1.5 cm, sessile; chartaceous, dark green pubescent with resinous glands above, white-or grey-tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, obscure on both surfaces. Panicles terminal and supraaxillary, 5-26 cm long; peduncles obtusely 4-angular, greyish-pubescent; bracts leaf-like, simple or 3-foliolate, smaller than leaves; bractlets linear, 1-4 mm long, pubescent. Flowers fragrant; pedicels 0.5-1 cm long. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed, ca 4x 3 mm; teeth triangular, ca 0.2 mm long, greyish-pubescent outside. Corolla hypocrateriform, 2-lipped, 5-lobed, violet, purple or blue; upper lip 2-lobed; lobes ovate, 2 mm; lower lip 3-lobed; midlobe obovate or suborbicular, entire, acute, ca 6 x 5 mm; lateral lobes ovate, acute, ca 3 x 2 mm; tube narrow, ca 4 x 2 mm, densely villous at throat, pubescent, glandular outside. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments slender, 7-8 mm long, hairy at base, anthers oblong, ca 1 mm long, basifixed. Ovary globose, ca 1 mm, gland-dotted at apex, glabrous at base; style slender, ca 1.5 cm long, glabrous; stigma 2-lobed; lobes subulate, equal. Drupes subglobose or ovoid, ca 6 x 5 mm, black when mature, glabrous; fruiting-calyx cupular, ca 1 cm across, membranous, pubescent.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Coastal areas and plains
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Manipur
Local Distribution
Lakhimpur
Global Distribution
Pantropical
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Kasaragode, Kannur, Palakkad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Maharashtra: Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Traditional chinese medicine
Sowa-Rigpa
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2220
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Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2220
- Vitex trifolia L., Sp. Pl. 638. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 583. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1102(771). 1924; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 299. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 359. 1988; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 377. 2002.
- Vitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham., Linnaea 7: 107. 1832; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 229. 1982; Sivar. & Manilal, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 816. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 627. 1990.
- Vitex agnus-castus var. subtrisecta O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 510 & 511. 1891.
- Vitex trifolia L. var. subtrisecta (O. Ktze.) Moldenke, Phytologia 8: 88. 1961; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 229. 1982; Sivar. & Manilal, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 816. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 626. 1990.
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2220
- Vitex trifolia L., Sp. Pl. 638. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 583. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1102(771). 1924; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 299. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 359. 1988; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 377. 2002.
- Vitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham., Linnaea 7: 107. 1832; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 229. 1982; Sivar. & Manilal, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 816. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 627. 1990.
- Vitex agnus-castus var. subtrisecta O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 510 & 511. 1891.
- Vitex trifolia L. var. subtrisecta (O. Ktze.) Moldenke, Phytologia 8: 88. 1961; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 229. 1982; Sivar. & Manilal, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 816. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 626. 1990.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Lamiales |
Family | Lamiaceae |
Genus | Vitex |
Species | Vitex trifolia L. |
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