What is Vitex Trifolia?
Vitex trifolia is a relatively small tree that occurs primarily in countries bordering the Pacific and Indian oceans. Due to its color flowers and use in traditional drugs, it is also grown in gardens. Tree leaves can be in three leaflets, hence the name of the species.
growing up to about 26 feet tall (8 m), Vitex trifolia can be considered a shrub or low diversity of the tree. Its bark is gray or brown color and the leaves are generally less than 5 inches in length (about 12 cm). One of the alternative names for the tree is the "three Vitex leaflets", which stems from the fact that the leaves are not in one piece, but rather in three or sometimes five, small flights that stick to the bases from which the middle leaf is the longest. The whole sheet releases the smell when it is damaged. When a tree flower, flowers are blue or purple colors and are shaped as tubes with five segments that have a larger diameter at the end at the end. After flowers produces Vitex trifolia Small spherical fruit with central stone, which is in full injury black.
The tree prefers to grow to sea or higher and is ubiquitous in many countries. Vitex trifolia likes soil such as sand and clay, and often lives on the edge of the sea or along mangrove trees. Due to its ability to prosper in many geographical areas there are many different names for the plant. Gendavasi , Simpleleaf Chatree and San Ye Man Jing are examples.
Earth along the eastern edges of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, such as Australia, India and parts of East Africa, are home to a tree. It also grows in Afghanistan and Iran. Some people also cultivate it in other parts of the world as a garden tree. Vitex trifolia can be grown both from seeds and cuttings, but requires good drainage, fertile soil and does not respond well to too much or too little water. MaLisan people and Indonesians use a tree as a source of herbal medicine, specifically for women's reproductive problems, although there are no scientific evidence to prove whether it is beneficial or not.