Vitex vestita Wall. ex Walp.

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Vitex finlaysoniana Wall.; Vitex neglecta H.J.Lam; Vitex vestita Z.Y.Huang & S.Y.Liu; Vitex vestita Moldenke; Vitex vestita Moldenke; Vitex vestita Moldenke; Vitex vestita Moldenke
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Vitex vestita Wall. ex Walp.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Key identification features : Shrub or small tree, 1-8m tall; Young branchlets densely yellow-brown pubescent later becomes glabrescent; Leaves trifoliolate, petiole about 2-6cm long, leaflets elliptic-oblong to elliptic, membranous, base cuneate to rounded, margin entire or sparsely serrate above the middle, apex acuminate to acute, abaxial surface softly tawny pubescent, villous along veins, glandular, adaxial surface sparsely hispid, gland-dotted; Inflorescence axillary cymes, 2.5-4cm long, dichotomous or trichotomous, tawny pubescent, peduncle shorter than petiole, densely pilose, bracts linear, pilose; Calyx tube about 3mm long, margin minutely 5-dentate to subtruncate, outer surface densely pubescent, glandular; Corolla yellowish, with slender tube 1-1.2cm long, outer surface yellow, glandular, inner surface glabrous except villous below the insertion of stamens; Stamens included with the corolla tube; Ovary apex densely glandular; Fruiting calyx enlarged, forms saucer-shaped structure, fruit black, drupe, obovoid, about 5–9 × 4–8 mm.
  • Distribution :
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Native : Borneo, China, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Assam to W. Malesia
  • Literature :
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Vitex vestita
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Vitex vestita. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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