Botanical Name

Vitex altissima

Family

Verbenaceae

Sanskrit name

Paaravatpadi

English name

Peacock Chaste Tree

Hindi name

Myrole

Kannada name

Navilaadi

Habitat

Evergreen and deciduous forests as well as in dry, open forests

Plant Description

It is a large tree growing with quadrangular and channelled branchlets. Leaves are compound, palmate. Lower side is white-woolly. Flowers are whitish, tinged with blue, borne in hairy panicles at the end of branches. Fruits ovoid drupes, containing hard seed. 

Distribution

South East Asia

Religious significance

Fragrance during worship (Hindu, Christian, Muslim and Budhhism religions.

Part Used

Bark, leaf, root

Medicinal Use: Bark used as a poultice in treating rheumatic,

Medicinal uses

Used in swellings,wounds, ulcers, allergies, eczema, worm infestations, urinary system diseases.