''Vitex leucoxylon'', the white wood chaste tree, is a species of deciduous

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with 15m height, in the family

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. Native to Western Ghats of

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and

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. Bark is brown in color. Leaves compound, digitate; apex acute to obtuse; base cuneate - attenuate; margin entire. Inflorescence is corymbose cymes. Corolla is white with purple color. Fruit is purplish black with four seeded smooth drupe.

Common names

*Sinhala - නැබඩ *Tamil - Nir nocchi, Nir-noochi *Malayalam - Beemis, Vellanotchi, Attunochi, Neernochi, Atta nochii *Marathi - Sona garbi, Sheras *Telugu - Gajavaavili, Kondavaavili, Lakkiya, Lakke *Kannada - Holenekki, Sengeni, Hollalakki *Sanskrit - Paravatapadi

References

External links

General pharmacology of ''Vitex leucoxylon'' leaves

STUDIES ON HEPATOPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF VITEX LEUCOXYLON

Preliminary phytochemical analysis and antibacterial activity of ''Vitex leucoxylon''
leucoxylon Flora of the Indian subcontinent {{Lamiaceae-stub