Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Verbenaceae | Genus: Vitex | Species: Vitex peduncularis Wall. ex Schauer( उरिकशिबि मन ) |
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| Synonym | Vitex peduncularis f. roxburghiana (C.B.Clarke) Moldenke, Vitex peduncularis var. roxburghiana C.B.Clarke. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Chaste tree, Thiurgorwa | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | Chaste tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Urikshibi Man | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Upto 1300 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit a drupe, globose, green, red, black when ripe, fruiting calyx platelliform, membranous, seeds oblong. |
| Habitat | Occurs in moist deciduous forests near streams. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam. | Bark Details | Bark grayish brown, rough, irregularly fissured, inner bark yellowish brown about 2-3 cm thick. |
| Distribution in Haryana | Yamuna Nagar | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Palmate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 15. Leaves opposite, digitately palmately compound with 3-8 foliolate, petiolate, exstipulate. Flower in axillary panicles, dichotomously branched; calyx campanulate, 5 toothed, with circular yellow glands outside; corolla infundibular, 5 lobed, 2-lipped, cream or yellow; stamens 4, didynamous, included, filaments slender, filiform, purple, anthers oblong, 2-celled, Ovary bicarpellary, 4 lobed, obovoid, stigma bilobed, subulate. Fruit a drupe, globose, , green, red, black when ripe, fruiting calyx platelliform, membranous, seeds oblong. | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, digitately palmately compound with 3-8 foliolate, petiolate, exstipulate. |
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