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Five-leaved chaste tree
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Five-leaved chaste tree

Vitex negundo

Vitex negundo, commonly known as the Chinese chastetree, five-leaved chaste tree, or horseshoe vitex, is a large aromatic shrub with quadrangular, densely whitish, tomentose branchlets. It is widely used in folk medicine, particularly in South and Southeast Asia.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Five-leaved chaste tree in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Plants and Trees

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.22

Five-leaved chaste tree in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 30)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 30)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.56

Five-leaved chaste tree in Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.787

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 170273.