Herbarium JCB

Vitex negundo L.

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 negundo L.
Common name : Common Chaste, Five-leaved Chaste Tree, Negundo, Negundo Chastetree
Vernacular name : Samhalu, Nirgandhi (Hindi); Lakki gida (Kannada); Nalla Nochi (Tamil); Nirgundi (Sanskrit); Nirgudi (Marathi); Begunia, Nirgundi, Beyguna, Shivari, Sambalu, Nerghandi (Oria); Vaminti, Tella vavili, Vavili (Telugu); Indrani, Karinochi, Nochi, Vellanocchi, Vennochi (Malayalam)
Habit : Shrub
Habitat : Common in all areas along streams, roadside and fencing villages
Comments / notes : Leaves act as mosquito repellent.
Flower, Fruit : January-September
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Himalayas, Myanmar, Malesia, Indo-China
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; 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 negundo. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.