- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Agnus-castus negundo (L.) Carrière; Vitex agnus-castus var. negundo (L.) Kuntze
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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.
- Key identification features : Leaflets 3-5, elliptic or oblong, bluntly acuminate; lateral leaflets sessile
- Flower, Fruit : January-September
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 23/02/1970
- Collection Nos : CJS 16393
- Collection Locality : Vanagur, Hassan district
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, S.P.S. Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mahbubnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagara district
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Balangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalahandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Kendujhar district, Khordha district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (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
- Jharkhand :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Lakshadweep : Lakshadweep
- Native : Afghanistan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Maldives, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Somalia, Sri L
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Lakshadweep Islands, Madagascar, Maldives, Marianas, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Qinghai, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- 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.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 274
- Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
- N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.699. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vitex negundo
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vitex negundo. Downloaded on 3 February 2026.
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