- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Vitex altissima f. alata (Willd.) Moldenke
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 : Tropical moist deciduous forests and Tropical 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, Chikkaballapur (Nandidurg)
- Kerala : All districts of Kerala
- Maharashtra : Raigad district, Satara district, SDG
- Odisha : Ganjam district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Native : Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Laos, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Laos, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Sumatera
- 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.
- N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2. pp.698. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 273
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vitex altissima. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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