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Phinahina or Beach vitexLamiaceae (Mint family)Indigenous to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Kahoolawe). Naturalized only in southeastern states along the east and gulf coasts.Photo: Oahu (Cultivated)Phinahina leaves are aromatic with a sage-like spicy odor when crushed and smelling much like the simpleleaf vitex (Vitex trifolia) frequently used in Hawaiian landscaping as hedges. Other descriptions of the leaf fragrance are black pepper, basil, minty, and fir trees or "like being in a forest."EtymologyThe generic name Vitex is derived from the Latin viere, to bind or twist, in reference to the flexible creeping stems of some species.The specific epithet rotundifolia is from the Latin rotundatus, rounded, and folius, leaves, in reference to the round-shaped leaves of this species.NPH00002
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Vitex_rotundifolia
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Haleiwa, Hawaii, United States
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Haleiwa, Hawaii, United States
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Phinahina or Beach vitexLamiaceaeIndigenous to the Hawaiian Islands Oahu (Cultivated)Phinahina leaves are aromatic with a sage-like spicy odor when crushed and smelling much like the simpleleaf vitex (Vitex trifolia) frequently used in Hawaiian landscaping as hedges.Other descriptions of the leaf fragrance are black pepper, basil, minty, and fir trees or "like being in a forest."NPH00001
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Vitex_rotundifolia
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Family: VerbenaceaeDistribution: Common in mixed forests, Limited to Peninsular India.Photographed at Velugonda hills of Eastren ghats -India.Deciduous trees, 5-8mts tall, bark greyish brown, Leaves 3-5foilate, petioles winged with auricled base; Leaflets 2.5-10x1.5cm elliptic, lanceolate, base acute, sessile, pubescent. Flowers 5-6mm across, purple, sessile, in cymes forming in 10-15cm long axillary panicles. Calyx, 5 lobed,persistant. corolla 2 lipped, 2=3 tube short, stamens 4 didynamous, exerted, ovary 2 celled, fruit a globose drupe, 4-6mm across, black. hard. Reference: Flora of Nellore district by B.Suryanarayana &A.S.Rao, ENVIS.
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Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand
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Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Charcos, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
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Vitex agnus-castus L., syn.: Agnus-castus robusta (Lebas) Carrire, Vitex robusta LebasChaste Tree, DE: Keuschbaum, MnchspfefferSlo.: navadna konopljikaDat.: June 24. 2012Lat.: 44.94960 Long.: 14.69933Code: Bot_634/2012_IMG0017Habitat: Close to Adriatic Sea shore; almost flat terrain; gravelly, calcareous ground, full sun, dry place but ground water present (near water source and reservoir of drinking water for village Stara Baka), elevation 12 m (40 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among rocks and gravel.Place: Adriatic Sea, island Krk, about 1.5 km southeast of village Stara Baka, in a small bay at the border of municipality Punat and Baka, Kvarner bay, Rijeka region, Croatia EC. Comment: Vitex agnus-castus is a beautiful Mediterranean shrub (sometimes also a small tree up to a few meters tall), not very common but also not a rare plant. It can be found all around Mediterranean Sea along sea shore but also inside the country along rivers and lake shores. Often it is associated with human settlements. The plant is known and esteemed for millennia. Hippocrates and Theofrastos, among others, knew and described the plant and its many uses predominantly in medicine but also in culinary and horticulture. Plant's seeds were used as a supplement of pepper. They were also used as a suppressor of sexual drive (look at the scientific as well as English and German common name of the plant). In contradiction to this, some historical sources consider it as an aphrodisiac. Be as it may, it definitely has an effect on human hormones, which is confirmed also by modern medicine.Ref.:(1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 585. (2) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and Shrubs of Adria) (in Slovene), Mordijan (2012), p 515.(3) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 169.(4) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 387.
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Multi-branched small tree. Foliage and flowers are aromatic. DeciduousFamily: LamiaceaeNative to Mediterranean region.The seeds (berries) has been used to suppress male and female sexual desire. That is way it called Chaste or 'Monk's pepper'. , , " "Photographed in Mt. Coot-tha Botanical Gardens, Brisbane, Australia,Chaste = , , , ,
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Sidi Kacem, Gharb-Chrarda-Beni Hssen, Morocco
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Vitex agnus-castus L., syn.: Agnus-castus robusta (Lebas) Carrire, Vitex robusta LebasChaste Tree, DE: Keuschbaum, MnchspfefferSlo.: navadna konopljikaDat.: June 24. 2012Lat.: 44.94960 Long.: 14.69933Code: Bot_634/2012_IMG0017Habitat: Close to Adriatic Sea shore; almost flat terrain; gravelly, calcareous ground, full sun, dry place but ground water present (near water source and reservoir of drinking water for village Stara Baka), elevation 12 m (40 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among rocks and gravel.Place: Adriatic Sea, island Krk, about 1.5 km southeast of village Stara Baka, in a small bay at the border of municipality Punat and Baka, Kvarner bay, Rijeka region, Croatia EC. Comment: Vitex agnus-castus is a beautiful Mediterranean shrub (sometimes also a small tree up to a few meters tall), not very common but also not a rare plant. It can be found all around Mediterranean Sea along sea shore but also inside the country along rivers and lake shores. Often it is associated with human settlements. The plant is known and esteemed for millennia. Hippocrates and Theofrastos, among others, knew and described the plant and its many uses predominantly in medicine but also in culinary and horticulture. Plant's seeds were used as a supplement of pepper. They were also used as a suppressor of sexual drive (look at the scientific as well as English and German common name of the plant). In contradiction to this, some historical sources consider it as an aphrodisiac. Be as it may, it definitely has an effect on human hormones, which is confirmed also by modern medicine.Ref.:(1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 585. (2) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and Shrubs of Adria) (in Slovene), Mordijan (2012), p 515.(3) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 169.(4) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 387.
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Vitex agnus-castus L., syn.: Agnus-castus robusta (Lebas) Carrire, Vitex robusta LebasChaste Tree, DE: Keuschbaum, MnchspfefferSlo.: navadna konopljikaDat.: June 24. 2012Lat.: 44.94960 Long.: 14.69933Code: Bot_634/2012_IMG0017Habitat: Close to Adriatic Sea shore; almost flat terrain; gravelly, calcareous ground, full sun, dry place but ground water present (near water source and reservoir of drinking water for village Stara Baka), elevation 12 m (40 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among rocks and gravel.Place: Adriatic Sea, island Krk, about 1.5 km southeast of village Stara Baka, in a small bay at the border of municipality Punat and Baka, Kvarner bay, Rijeka region, Croatia EC. Comment: Vitex agnus-castus is a beautiful Mediterranean shrub (sometimes also a small tree up to a few meters tall), not very common but also not a rare plant. It can be found all around Mediterranean Sea along sea shore but also inside the country along rivers and lake shores. Often it is associated with human settlements. The plant is known and esteemed for millennia. Hippocrates and Theofrastos, among others, knew and described the plant and its many uses predominantly in medicine but also in culinary and horticulture. Plant's seeds were used as a supplement of pepper. They were also used as a suppressor of sexual drive (look at the scientific as well as English and German common name of the plant). In contradiction to this, some historical sources consider it as an aphrodisiac. Be as it may, it definitely has an effect on human hormones, which is confirmed also by modern medicine.Ref.:(1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 585. (2) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and Shrubs of Adria) (in Slovene), Mordijan (2012), p 515.(3) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 169.(4) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 387.
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Vitex agnus-castus L., syn.: Agnus-castus robusta (Lebas) Carrire, Vitex robusta LebasChaste Tree, DE: Keuschbaum, MnchspfefferSlo.: navadna konopljikaDat.: June 24. 2012Lat.: 44.94960 Long.: 14.69933Code: Bot_634/2012_IMG0017Habitat: Close to Adriatic Sea shore; almost flat terrain; gravelly, calcareous ground, full sun, dry place but ground water present (near water source and reservoir of drinking water for village Stara Baka), elevation 12 m (40 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among rocks and gravel.Place: Adriatic Sea, island Krk, about 1.5 km southeast of village Stara Baka, in a small bay at the border of municipality Punat and Baka, Kvarner bay, Rijeka region, Croatia EC. Comment: Vitex agnus-castus is a beautiful Mediterranean shrub (sometimes also a small tree up to a few meters tall), not very common but also not a rare plant. It can be found all around Mediterranean Sea along sea shore but also inside the country along rivers and lake shores. Often it is associated with human settlements. The plant is known and esteemed for millennia. Hippocrates and Theofrastos, among others, knew and described the plant and its many uses predominantly in medicine but also in culinary and horticulture. Plant's seeds were used as a supplement of pepper. They were also used as a suppressor of sexual drive (look at the scientific as well as English and German common name of the plant). In contradiction to this, some historical sources consider it as an aphrodisiac. Be as it may, it definitely has an effect on human hormones, which is confirmed also by modern medicine.Ref.:(1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 585. (2) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and Shrubs of Adria) (in Slovene), Mordijan (2012), p 515.(3) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 169.(4) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 387.
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Vitex agnus-castus L., syn.: Agnus-castus robusta (Lebas) Carrire, Vitex robusta LebasChaste Tree, DE: Keuschbaum, MnchspfefferSlo.: navadna konopljikaDat.: June 24. 2012Lat.: 44.94960 Long.: 14.69933Code: Bot_634/2012_IMG0017Habitat: Close to Adriatic Sea shore; almost flat terrain; gravelly, calcareous ground, full sun, dry place but ground water present (near water source and reservoir of drinking water for village Stara Baka), elevation 12 m (40 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among rocks and gravel.Place: Adriatic Sea, island Krk, about 1.5 km southeast of village Stara Baka, in a small bay at the border of municipality Punat and Baka, Kvarner bay, Rijeka region, Croatia EC. Comment: Vitex agnus-castus is a beautiful Mediterranean shrub (sometimes also a small tree up to a few meters tall), not very common but also not a rare plant. It can be found all around Mediterranean Sea along sea shore but also inside the country along rivers and lake shores. Often it is associated with human settlements. The plant is known and esteemed for millennia. Hippocrates and Theofrastos, among others, knew and described the plant and its many uses predominantly in medicine but also in culinary and horticulture. Plant's seeds were used as a supplement of pepper. They were also used as a suppressor of sexual drive (look at the scientific as well as English and German common name of the plant). In contradiction to this, some historical sources consider it as an aphrodisiac. Be as it may, it definitely has an effect on human hormones, which is confirmed also by modern medicine.Ref.:(1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 585. (2) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and Shrubs of Adria) (in Slovene), Mordijan (2012), p 515.(3) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 169.(4) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 387.
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Vitex agnus-castus L., syn.: Agnus-castus robusta (Lebas) Carrire, Vitex robusta LebasChaste Tree, DE: Keuschbaum, MnchspfefferSlo.: navadna konopljikaDat.: June 24. 2012Lat.: 44.94960 Long.: 14.69933Code: Bot_634/2012_IMG0017Habitat: Close to Adriatic Sea shore; almost flat terrain; gravelly, calcareous ground, full sun, dry place but ground water present (near water source and reservoir of drinking water for village Stara Baka), elevation 12 m (40 feet); average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 12-14 deg C, Mediterranean phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil among rocks and gravel.Place: Adriatic Sea, island Krk, about 1.5 km southeast of village Stara Baka, in a small bay at the border of municipality Punat and Baka, Kvarner bay, Rijeka region, Croatia EC. Comment: Vitex agnus-castus is a beautiful Mediterranean shrub (sometimes also a small tree up to a few meters tall), not very common but also not a rare plant. It can be found all around Mediterranean Sea along sea shore but also inside the country along rivers and lake shores. Often it is associated with human settlements. The plant is known and esteemed for millennia. Hippocrates and Theofrastos, among others, knew and described the plant and its many uses predominantly in medicine but also in culinary and horticulture. Plant's seeds were used as a supplement of pepper. They were also used as a suppressor of sexual drive (look at the scientific as well as English and German common name of the plant). In contradiction to this, some historical sources consider it as an aphrodisiac. Be as it may, it definitely has an effect on human hormones, which is confirmed also by modern medicine.Ref.:(1) A. Martini et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnina Zaloba Slovenije (2007), p 585. (2) R. Brus, Drevesa in grmi Jadrana (Trees and Shrubs of Adria) (in Slovene), Mordijan (2012), p 515.(3) I. Schnfelder, P. Schnfelder, Kosmos Atlas Mittelmeer- und Kanarenflora, Kosmos, (2002), p 169.(4) M. Blamey, C. Grey-Wilson, Wild Flowers of the Mediterranean, A & C Black, London (2005), p 387.