- Family : VERBENACEAE
(VERBENA OR VERVAIN FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
- Species : Vitex leucoxylon
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vitex leucoxylon L.f.
- Vernacular name : Holey lakki (Kan.); Neer nochi (Tam.); Luki, Kondavavili, Gajavavili, Nakkaneredu, Kokki, Nevaledi (Tel.); Magar jamu, Panijamu, Chadei gudi (Ori.); Parvata padee (San.)
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : February-June; Throughout the year
- Native : Indian sub-continent
- Comments : In hill ranges along the banks of streams, rivers and tanks to 800 m. Plant used in local medicine by healers and practitioners.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Dharmapuri district, Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Tiruchirapalli district (Tamil Nadu State); East Godavari district, Palakonda Hills (Kadapa district), Sidhout forest (Kadapa district), Anantapur district, Chintala forest (Prakasham district), Taduku vagu bank (Kurnool district), Siddulaiah Kona Forest (Nellore district), Tirumala Hills (Chittoor district), Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mehbubnagar district (Telangana State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Cuttack district, Sundargarh district, Sambalpur district, Kalahandi district (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Myanmar
- Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459; Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Vitex leucoxylon. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.
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