• Family : VERBENACEAE
  (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAMIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Vitex altissima L.f.
• Common name : Peacock Chaste Tree, Tail Chaste Tree, Peacock's foot tree
• Vernacular name : Myrole (Hindi); Naviladi, Myrolu, Bharanige (Kannada); Mayilaadi, Mayilainochi (Tamil); Kankola (Sanskrit); Nemali adugu, Busichettu, Mayura pank, Gandarapur chettu (Telugu); Myila, Mylellu (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Moist deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
• Comments / notes : On hills above 900m in forests and on hill slopes.
• Flower, Fruit : April-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Hassan district, Shivamogga district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
• Native : Tropical Asia
• World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Malesia, Indo-China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vitex altissima. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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