Vitex

Vitex est genus circa 250 specierum fruticum et arborum, 1 ad 35 m altum, in regionibus tropicis, subtropicis, et temperatis calidis endemicum. Olim in familia Verbenacearum positum, genus recentius in familiam Lamiacearum translatum est.^[1][2][3]

Species selectae

• Vitex agnus-castus (Anglice: chastetree, chasteberry, monk's pepper), in regione Mediterraneo endemica
• Vitex cuneata (Bamanane: koronfinfin), in Africa Occidentali, pro fructu dulci atroque nota
• Vitex lucens (Maoriane: puriri), in Nova Zelandia endemica
• Vitex keniensis (Anglice: meru oak), in Kenya endemica
• Vitex negundo (Anglice: five-leaf chastetree), in tropicis Asiae et Africae zonis endemica
• Vitex trifolia (Anglice: simpleleaf chastetree)

Notae