Taxon: Vitex agnus-castus L.

• the 5 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• chasteberry   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• chastetree   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – English
  
• arbre chaste   (Source: J.-G. Fouché) – French
  
• gattilier   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – French
  
• Mönchspfeffer   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  
• kyskhetsträd   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Weed   (fide Rep NCEPPC)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia
  Middle Asia: Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce.
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. [re. French common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Pottier-Alapetite, G. 1979–1981. Flore de la Tunisie: Angiospermes-Dicotyledones.
• Quézel, P. & S. Santa. 1962–1963. Nouvelle flore de l'Algerie.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Vitex agnus-castus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Vitex agnus-castus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Vitex agnus-castus.

Check other web resources for Vitex agnus-castus L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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