- Family : VERBENACEAE
(Verbena Or Vervain Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lamiaceae
- Synonym(s) : Vitex indica Mill.; Vitex integerrima Mill.; Vitex variifolia Salisb.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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
- Key identification features : Large coastal shrub or small tree; Leaves opposite, simple or trifoliate; Flowers in panicles or clusters, purple to violet; Fruits fleshy.
- 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
- Maharashtra : Sindhudurg district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Gajapati district
- Tamil Nadu : Coastal districts of Tamil Nadu
- Assam : Assam
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Ritchie\'s Archipelago taluk (Havelock Island)
- Native : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, India, Iran, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands,
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Afghanistan, Andaman Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Islands, China, Comoros, Cook Islands, Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Hainan, India, Iran, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Line Islands, Madagascar, Malaya, Maluku, Marianas, Marquesas, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Philippines, Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuamotu, Tubuai Islands, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Wake Islands, Wallis-Futuna 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 220
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vitex trifolia. 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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