Chasteberry / كف مريم /

أرثَد طَهاري / إِرْتد / الرشراش / الغار / اليرنحين / حشيشة أبو شيح / حَبّ الفُقْد / ذو الخَمسَة أصابِع / سرداد / سرساد / شجرة ابراهيم / شجرة العفة / شرنبان / شَجَرَة مريم / فلفل الرهبان / كف الجذام /

Vitex agnus-castus L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
May to September
Seed collection period
October to December
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Carminative
  • Emmenagogue
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Light purple
  • Violet
Leaf type
  • Compound
  • Digitate
Life form
  • Phanerophyte shrub

Scientifc data

Genus
Vitex
Family
Lamiaceae
Wikidata item
Q259318
GBIF Item
Vitex agnus-castus L. (2925562)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Vitex agnus-castus L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  2. Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2022-08-31. <temperate.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ziziphus+jujuba>
  3. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  4. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  5. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  6. عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،مخول، س.(1999).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الثانية).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)

Citation

Vitex agnus-castus L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/683 accessed via barari.org on 6/10/2026.

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