About Vitex altissima L.f.
Vitex altissima, commonly called the peacock chaste tree, is a woody plant species belonging to the Lamiaceae family. Mature individuals reach approximately 20 meters in height. It is native to the Indomalayan realm, and can be found specifically in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka; it also occurs in New Guinea. Its bark is greyish, and becomes scaly as the plant matures. The leaves are opposite, compound, and either trifoliolate or palmate. Leaf blades are elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, with an acuminate apex and a cuneate base. Leaf margins are serrate, or occasionally entire. Inflorescences form as terminal panicles. The corolla is bluish white. The fruit is a purplish black four-seeded drupe.
