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Vitex trifolia
Also called Indian Three Leaf Vitex, Indian Wild Pepper, Indian Privet, Hand Of Mary, Simple Leaf Chastetree, Indian Three Leaf Vitax, The Hand Of Mary
In Singapore: Simpleleaf Chastetree, Common Blue Vitex, Legundi, Lenggundi, Lagundi, Lemuning, Muning, Demundi, 蔓荆, Arabian Lilac (Grown in Singapore)
Vitex trifolia is a coastal shrub or small tree from the Indo-Pacific, growing up to about 8 m, with aromatic leaves and mauve flower clusters. It thrives in warm, humid, frost-free conditions and tolerates salt and sandy soil.
Vitex trifolia, commonly known as the simpleleaf chastetree or blue Vitex, is a species of plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. It is a shrub or small tree native to coastal areas of the Indo-Pacific region.
Vitex trifolia naturally occurs close to coasts in beach forest and the landward side of mangrove swamps, usually below 150 m (490 ft) altitude.
Chaste-tree · Black Plum · Meru oak · Vitex lucens · Chinese chastetree · Smallflower chastetree · Malayan Teak · Roundleaf chastetree
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vitex trifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
