Chaste tree (Engl.)

Chaste tree (Engl.)

Vitex quinata (Lour.) F.N.Will.

Skin

A 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

REGION VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS), SIQUIJOR, SAN JUAN, Primary forest

Research

Siquijor State College: Documentation of Philippine Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Health and Development of Traditional Knowledge Digital Library on Health: FOLK HEALING PRACTICES of SIQUIJOR ISLAND : Phase 2

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Chaste tree (Engl.)
Chaste tree (Engl.)
Chaste tree (Engl.)

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