Chaste tree (Engl.)
Vitex quinata (Lour.) F.N.Will.
SkinA tree Height: Up to 4-12 meters tall Leaves: Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petiole 2.5-6 cm; petiolules 0.5-2 cm; leaflets obovate-elliptic to obovate or oblong to elliptic, thickly papery, both surfaces shiny, abaxially yellow glandular, base cuneate, margin entire or sometimes apically crenulate dentate, apex acuminate, acute, or obtuse; central leaflet 5-20 2.5-8.5 cm. Flowers: Panicles terminal, lax, 9-18 cm, densely yellowish brown pubescent. Calyx 2-3 mm, rudimentarily dentate, densely yellowish brown pubescent, glandular. Corolla yellowish, 6-8 mm, 2-lipped, 5-lobed, outside pubescent and glandular. Stamens exserted. Ovary glandular. Fruits: Fruiting calyx truncate. Fruit black, obovoid to globose, ca. 8 mm in diameter.
Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Pasmo sa kaon/kusog (overworked). Preparation: Boil a handful roots of tugas himul-aw for 3-5 glasses of water.. Part used: Roots
Preparation
Boil a handful roots of tugas himul-aw for 3-5 glasses of water.
Location & Habitat
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Quick Info
- Scientific Name
- Vitex quinata (Lour.) F.N.Will.
- Local Name
- Chaste tree (Engl.)
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Category
- Skin
- Collected By
- Not provided
- Date Collected
- Jun 28, 2026