• 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 trifolia L.
• Common name : Three-leaved Chaste Tree, Arabian Lilac, Hand of Mary, Indian Privet, Indian Three-leaved Vitex
• Vernacular name : Safed samhalu (Hindi); Sakki gida (Kannada); Sindhuvaar (Sanskrit); Begundia Oria); Vavili, Nochili, Chiruvavili, Vayitaku chettu (Telugu); Nochi, Vellanochi (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Coastal areas and plains
• Flower, Fruit : May-December
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district (FRLHT Campus), Udupi district, Shivamogga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Chikkamagaluru district
  • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district
  • Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coastal districts of Tamil Nadu
• World Distribution : South and Southeast Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands
• 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; 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 trifolia. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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