Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vitex rotundifolia L.f. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beach vitex	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái bèi mù ěr	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái bèi yáng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái bèi yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
creeping vitex	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dan ye man jing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dān yè wàn jīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fructus viticis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
indian privet	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
lagundi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lemuni menjalar	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lemuni pantai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
man jing zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
man jing zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
manjingzi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
mạn kinh	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
round-leaf chaste tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
round-leaf chastetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
round-leaf vitex	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
roundleaf chastetree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shrub chastetree	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shrub chastetree fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
shuǐ rěn zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
simpleleaf chastetree	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
vitex fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
viticis fructus	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wàn jīng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wàn jīng zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
单叶蔓荆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
單葉蔓荊	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
水稔子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白背木耳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白背楊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白背洋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白背葉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
萬荊子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蔓荆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蔓荆子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蔓荊子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ripe fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Fruit		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
fruit	ripe fruit	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vitex ovata Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Nat., ed. 14.: 578 (1784).
Vitex trifolia subsp. litoralis Steenis Blumea 8: 516 (1957).
Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia Cham. Linnaea 7: 107 (1832).
Vitex trifolia var. unifoliolata Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 683 (1847).
Vitex agnus-castus var. ovata (Thunb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 511 (1891).
Vitex ovata var. subtrisecta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 511 (1891).
Vitex repens Blanco Fl. Filip.: 513 (1837).
Vitex rotundifolia f. albescens Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 22: 56 (1948).
Vitex rotundifolia f. albiflora S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Pl. Taiwan 1: 504 (1987).
Vitex rotundifolia f. albiflora Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 5: 26 (2005), nom. illeg.
Vitex rotundifolia f. rosea Satomi J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 31: 30 (1983).
Vitex trifolia var. obovata Benth. Fl. Austral. 5: 67 (1870), nom. superfl.
Vitex trifolia var. ovata (Thunb.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 92 (1903), nom. superfl.
Vitex trifolia var. repens (Blanco) Ridl. Fl. Malay Penins. 2: 63 (1923).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vitex TCMLIBifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vitex ovata Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vitex rotundifolia	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Vitex rotundifolia L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vitex rotundifolia L. F.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Vitex rotundifolia L. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vitex rotundifolia L.f.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Vitex rotundifolia Linn. f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vitex rotundifolia Linne fil.	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Vitex rotundifolia Linné fil.	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Vitex trifolia L. subsp. litoralis Steenis	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Cham.	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vitex trifolia L. var. simplicifolia Chamisson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vitex trifolia subsp. litoralis Steenis	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Vitex trifolia var. unifoliolata	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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