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Vitex agnus-castus (also called vitex, chaste tree / chastetree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, [1] lilac chastetree, [2] or monk's pepper) is a plant native of the Mediterranean region. It is one of the few temperate-zone species of Vitex , which is on the whole a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants . [ 3 ]
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Vitexin is an apigenin flavone glucoside, a chemical compound found in the passion flower, Vitex agnus-castus (chaste tree or chasteberry), in the Phyllostachys nigra bamboo leaves, [1] in the pearl millet (Pennisetum millet), [2] and in Hawthorn.
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Likely due to the wide range over which V. rotundifolia is native, the plant has acquired a host of common names. English speaking countries. Beach vitex [21] Round-leaved chaste tree [22] Single-leaf chaste tree [23] Chasteberry [21] Monk's pepper [21] China. Dan ye man jing [6] [22] Japan. Hamagou [24] Korea. Sunbiginamu [25]
Some of the aromatic species are used medicinally [8] [9] or to repel mosquitos. [8] The genus Vitex was named by Linnaeus in Species Plantarum in 1753. [10] Vitex was the name used by Pliny the Elder for V. agnus-castus. It is derived from the Latin vieo, meaning to weave or to tie up, a reference to the use of V. agnus-castus in basketry. [11]
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