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 peduncularis Wall. ex Schauer |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Vitex roxburghiana, Vitex altissima | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Chaste tree | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Chaste tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Urikshibi Man | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit globose, ca 0.7 cm, red; fruiting-calyx platelliform, ca 1 cm across, membranous, glabrous |
| Habitat | Occurs in moist deciduous forests near streams | Bark Type | Rugged |
| Distribution | Indo-Malesia | Bark Details | Bark grayish brown, rough, irregularly fissured, inner bark yellowish brown about 2-3 cm thick |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Trees 5-15 m tall, branchlets sparsely pubescent when young, glabrescent. | Leaf Details | Leaves palmately compound with 3 foliolate, rarely more, leaflets lanceolate-oblong or lanceolate-elliptic or narrow elliptic, middle leaflet 10-22 × 2-5 cm across |
