Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Vitex | Species: Vitex negundo L. |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Vitex incisa, Vitex bicolor | Flower Color | Blue - Purple |
| Common Name | Sambhalu, Sindvar, Nirgundi | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Chaste Tree, Common Chaste Tree, Negundo Chastetree, Five Leaved Chaste Tree, Negundo | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Urikshibi | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 3-5 mm across, globose, purple or black |
| Habitat | Occurs in riverbanks along roadsides as hedges | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Burma, Afghanistan, China, Sri Lanka, Malaysia | Bark Details | Bark thin, grayish brown or grayish white, blaze yellow |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | It is an erect shrub or small tree growing from 2 to 8 m (6.6 to 26.2 ft) in height | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, digitately palmately compound with 3-8 foliolate, rarely unifoliate often aromatic or foetid, petiolate, exstipulate (obloenceolate) |
