Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Vitex altissima
Scientific Name and Description
Vitex altissima L.f
Herb Family
Plant type
Tree
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Vitex alata Willd.
Vitex altissima f. alata (Willd.) Moldenke
Vitex appendiculata Rottler ex C.B.Clarke
Vitex latifolia Wight ex Steud. [Invalid]
Vitex zeylanica Turcz. [Illegitimate]
Vitex altissima f. alata (Willd.) Moldenke
Vitex appendiculata Rottler ex C.B.Clarke
Vitex latifolia Wight ex Steud. [Invalid]
Vitex zeylanica Turcz. [Illegitimate]
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | myrole |
| Kannada | balgai, balgay, banige mara, bharanage, bharani, bharaniga, bulgi, doddalakkhi, doddalakki, hule, kaadu naevile, kaadunekki, kadunekki, katnuski, mailaadi, mailadi, mailellu, maillalu, mairol, mairole, mayiladi, mayoorolu, mayurolu, mirole, myrole, nanladi, naulaadi mara, nauldi, navilaadi, naviladi, navladi, navulaadi, navuladi, nerole, nevaladi, nowladi, sampagapala, sampagepala, sompu kepala, sompukepala, tomukki, torenekki, tornukki |
| Malayalam | kattumayila, kattumelan, mail-elou, mailadi, mailellu, maillalu, maiyella, mayila, mayilati, mayilella, mayilelu, mayilila, mayilila (for v.alata), myla, myladi, mylellu, valli |
| Marathi | bavalgee, dhavi-rivti |
| Tamil | cakavatitam, cakavatitamaram, elilaimayilai, elilainocci, kalikarakam, kalikaram, kattumayilai, kattumayilam, kattuna, kattunamaram, kattunocci, kattunocci, maila, malyiladi, mayilaadi, mayilai, mayilai 2, mayilainochi, mayilati#, mayilati@, mayilatinocci, mayilei, mayili, talakattinmancalpokki, tilakam3, titikeyam, titikeyamaram |
| Telugu | busi chettu, gandarupu, mayooramu, mayoorapugandarapu, mayuramu (for v. alata), mayurapau, mayurapugandarupa, mirapagandra, namiladagu, nemali adugu, nemaliaduga, nemaliadugu, nemaliyadugu, nemiliadagu, nevaliadugu, nevalyaduga, nowlieragu, nowllieragu |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Vitex altissima L.f. Tree Root, bark Wounds; snakebite General Dey and De 2012
References
Literature
Literature
Dey and De 2012
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
FOREST FLORA OF MEGHALAYA VOL 2 Author - HARIDASAN K & RAO R R
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Vitex altissima. (2023, December 31). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_altissima