VY-teks -- Latin
vieo (to bind, to weave, to tie up); a reference to the use of
Vitex agnus-castus in basketry ...
Dave's Botanary •
Wikipedia
neg-UN-doh: -- Latinised form of the Sanskrit name for this plant ...
Dave's Botanary
commonly known as: Chinese chaste tree, cut-leaf chaste tree, five-leaved chaste tree, horseshoe vitex, Indian privet, lace-leaf vitex •
Ahom: posotia, ya-pan •
Arabic: اثلق aslaq •
Assamese: আজ্ঞাচিত্ত aggiachitta, নিচিন্দা nisinda, পচতীয়া posotiya •
Bengali: নিসিন্দা nishinda •
Bodo: nishinda, panjati ashoi •
Dogri: बन्हां banha, समहालू samhalu •
Garhwali: समालू samalu •
Garo: bol phusthia •
Gujarati: નગોડ nagod •
Hajong: nichendhara •
Haryanvi: निर्गुन्डी nirgundi, सम्भालू sambhalu •
Hindi: भूतवेशी bhut-veshi, नदीकान्त nadi-kant, इन्द्राणी indrani, मेवड़ी mewri, निर्गुण्ठी nirgunthi, निसिन्धु nisindhu, सम्भालू sambhalu, शेफाली shefali, शिवारी shiwari •
Kachchhi: કારી નગદ kari nagad, નિગોડ nigod •
Kannada: ಬಿಳಿಲಕ್ಕಿ bililakki, ಇಂದ್ರಾಣಿ indrani, ಕರಿ ಲಕ್ಕಿ karilakki, ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki, ಲಕ್ಕಿ ಗಿಡ lakki gida •
Khasi: tohtih-dkhar •
Koch: nisondhora •
Kokborok: nishinda •
Konkani: लिंगड limgad, नेगुंड negund, निंगुड nimgud, निर्गुंडी nirgundi •
Kumaoni: सिवाली siwali •
Maithili: सिमाली simali •
Malayalam: കരിനൊച്ചി karinochi, നൊച്ചി nochi •
Malvani: लिंगड lingad, निर्गुडी nirgudi •
Manipuri: ꯎꯔꯤꯛꯁꯤꯕꯤ urik shibi •
Marathi: इंद्राणी indrani, लिंगुर lingur, निगूड niguda, निर्गुंडी nirgundi •
Mishing: পচতীয়া pochotiya •
Mizo: beliangthing, palchawi •
Nepali: इन्द्रायणी indraayanee, सिमली simalee •
Nyishi: ringte •
Odia: ବେଗୁନିଆ begunia, ନିର୍ଗୁଣ୍ଡୀ nirgundi •
Pahari: बणा bana •
Pali: निग्गुंडी niggundi, सिंदुवार sinduvara •
Persian: پنج انگشت panj angusht •
Punjabi: ਬਨਾੱ banna, ਮਰਵੰਦੇ marwande, ਨੀਨਦੀ nindi, ਸਮਭਾਲੂ sambhalu, ਸ਼ਵਾਰੀ shawari •
Rabha: phokuskphang •
Rajasthani: नेगड़ negad, निर्गुण्डी nirgundi, सामल samal •
Sanskrit: अर्थसिद्धक arthasiddhaka, बदरीफला badariphala, भूतवेषी bhutaveshi, चन्द्रसुरस chandrasurasa, इन्द्राणी indrani, इन्द्रसुरस indrasurasa, कपिका kapika, नदीकान्त nadikanta, नीलक nilaka, नीलसिन्धुक nilasindhuka, नीलाशी nilashi, निर्गुण्डि nirgundi, निर्गुण्टी nirgunti, निसिन्धु nisindhu, शेपाल shepala, शीतसहा shitasaha, शुक्लपृष्ठक shuklaprsthaka, सिन्धुक sindhuka, सिन्धुराव sindhurava, सिन्धुवार sindhuvara, स्थिरसाधनक sthirasadhanaka, सुरस surasa, विजया vijaya •
Santali: ᱥᱤᱸᱫᱽᱣᱟᱹᱨᱤ sindwari •
Sindhi: ڪاروسنڀالۇ karosambhal •
Tamil: கருநொச்சி karu-nocchi, நொச்சி nocchi, வெண்ணொச்சி vennocchi •
Tangkhul: ꯎꯔꯤꯛꯁꯤꯕꯤ urik shibi •
Telugu: నల్ల వావిలి nalla vaavili, నిర్గుండి nirgundi, శంబళి sambali, సింధువారము sinduvaaramu, తెల్ల వావిలి thella vaavili, వావిలి vaavili •
Tibetan: ni rgun tha •
Tulu: ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki, ನೆಕ್ಕಿ ತಪ್ಪು nekki thappu •
Urdu: نرگنٿهي nirgunthi, سمبهالو sambhalu
botanical names:
Vitex negundo L. ...
homotypic synonyms:
Agnus-castus negundo (L.) Carrière •
Vitex agnus-castus var.
negundo (L.) Kuntze ...
accepted infraspecifics:
Vitex negundo var.
negundo ...
heterotypic synonyms:
Agnus-castus incisa (Lam.) Carrière •
Vitex incisa Lam. •
Vitex negundo var.
heterophylla (Franch.) Rehder •
Vitex negundo var.
incisa (Lam.) C.B.Clarke •
Vitex negundo var.
intermedia (C.Pei) Moldenke •
Vitex negundo var.
purpurascens Sivar. & Moldenke ... more at
POWO, retrieved 23 January 2025
Bibliography / etymology
Links listed as references in the notes below, may not remain valid permanently. Portals / websites have a tendency to re-organize / revise their content, leading to change in URLs of pages in their site. Some sites may even close down at their own will. The bits about the
languages of India mentioned below are merely some bare facts gathered from the internet; just enough to satisfy curiosity about "where" could the listed names be best prevalent in India. All English transliterated names to be taken
sensu amplo.
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
Chinese chaste tree
cut-leaf chaste tree
- Plants For A Future - earth • plants • people
- for Vitex negundo var. heterophylla (Franch.) Rehder ... Farmers' Bulletin. (1963). United States: U.S. Government Printing Office.
- or cut-leaved chaste tree ... Dave's Garden - one of the largest sites for gardeners in the world
five-leaved chaste tree
horseshoe vitex
Indian privet
- Shamim, Saad Ahmed, Lubna Fatima. Sanbhaloo (Vitex negundo): Pharmacological Actions and Therapeutic Benefits: A Review. Pharma Innovation 2018;7(9):330-336.
- Ahuja, Subhash & Ahuja, Siddharth & Ahuja, Uma. (2015). Nirgundi (Vitex negundo) – Nature’s Gift to Mankind. Asia Agri-History. 19. 5-32.
- Maurya, A., Pal, S. ., KK, P., Mishra, P. K., Yadav, V. S., & Kumar, R. (2024). An Overview of Nirgundi (Vitex negundo): A Traditional Ayurvedic Herb for Pain Relief and Healing. International Journal of Ayurvedic Medicine, 15(S1), 135–140.
lace-leaf vitex
- Dave's Garden - one of the largest sites for gardeners in the world
~~~~~ AHOM ~~~~~
written in: Ahom ... mainly used by priests and scholars for religious and educational purposes; spoken in: erstwhile Ahom kingdom (some part in present day Assam) ... other names for this language: Tai-Ahom
posotia, ya-pan
~~~~~ ARABIC ~~~~~
written in:
Arabic (عَرَبِيّ) ... spoken in: various states of India ...
Wikipedia
اثلق aslaq
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya
আজ্ঞাচিত্ত aggiachitta, পচতীয়া posotiya
নিচিন্দা nisinda
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
written in: Bengali (বাংলা) ... spoken in: West Bengal, Assam, Jharkhand, Tripura, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
নিসিন্দা nishinda
~~~~~ BODO ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari or Latin ... spoken in: Assam ... other names for this language: Boro
nishinda, panjati ashoi
~~~~~ DOGRI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (डोगरी) ... spoken in: Jammu & Kashmir ... spoken by the Dogras
बन्हां banha, समहालू samhalu
- Many thanks to OM Prakash Vidyarthi for help with these names ... facebook
~~~~~ GARHWALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (गढ़वळि) ... spoken in: Uttarakhand
समालू samalu
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
written in: Roman, Bengali-Assamese, A-Chik Tok'birim ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
bol phusthia
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Daman & Diu
નગોડ nagod
~~~~~ HAJONG ~~~~~
written in: Bengali-Assamese (হাজং), Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, and West Bengal
nichendhara
~~~~~ HARYANVI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हरियाणवी or हरयाणवी) ... spoken in: Haryana, Delhi
निर्गुन्डी nirgundi
सम्भालू sambhalu
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (हिन्दी) ... spoken in: Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand
भूतवेशी bhut-veshi
इन्द्राणी indrani, नदीकान्त nadikant, निर्गुण्ठी nirgunthi, निसिन्धु nisindhu
मेवड़ी mewri
सम्भालू sambhalu
शेफाली shefali, शिवारी shiwari
~~~~~ KACHCHHI ~~~~~
written in: Gujarati (કચ્છી), Sindhi (ڪڇّي) ... spoken in: Kutch region of Gujarat
કારી નગદ kari nagad, નિગોડ nigod
- PLANTS OF CUTCH AND THEIR UTILITY by THAKAR, JAIKRISHNA INDRAJI, 1926
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka
ಬಿಳಿಲಕ್ಕಿ bililakki
- Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
- ಬಿಳಿ bili = white; ಲಕ್ಕಿ lakki = name given to the chaste tree - Vitex negundo L. ... ಬಿಳಿಲಕ್ಕಿ bililakki - refers to the white-flowered chaste tree, white-flowered to be taken as light-purple coloured flowers | the other dark-flowered variety refers to the dark-purple coloured flowers
ಇಂದ್ರಾಣಿ indrani
ಕರಿ ಲಕ್ಕಿ karilakki, ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki
ಲಕ್ಕಿ ಗಿಡ lakki gida
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
written in: Latin (Khasi alphabet), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Meghalaya, Assam
tohtih-dkhar
- Dolui, A K; Sharma, H K; Marein, Theresia Breen; Lalhriatpuii, Tc - Folk herbal remedies from Meghalaya - Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, Vol. 3(4), October 2004, pp. 358-364
~~~~~ KOCH ~~~~~
written in: Assamese, Bengali, Roman ... spoken in: Meghalaya, lower Assam, West Bengal, Bihar ... spoken by: Koch people, including Koch-Rajbongshi or Koch-Rajbonshi
nisondhora
~~~~~ KOKBOROK ~~~~~
written in: Koloma, Latin, Bengali–Assamese (ককবরক), Kokmari ... spoken in: Tripura ... other names for this language: Tripuri, Kokbarak, Tippera, Tipra, Trippera
nishinda
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
written in:
Devanagari (कोंकणी) /
Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) /
Romi (
Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat
लिंगड limgad
नेगुंड negund
निंगुड nimgud
निर्गुंडी nirgundi
- Biodiversity in Goa - Flora of Goa (webpage will become available after website is completely overhauled)
~~~~~ KUMAONI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari ... spoken in: Uttarakhand
सिवाली siwali
~~~~~ MAITHILI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मैथिली) ... spoken in: Bihar, Jharkhand
सिमाली simali
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
കരിനൊച്ചി karinochi
- Many thanks to Sam Kuzhalanattu for help with this name ... efloraofindia
- A Malayalam and English dictionary by Hermann Gundert ... or കരുനൊച്ചി karunochi
- or കരുനൊച്ചി karunochi ... FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
- കരി kari OR കരു karu = black, dark | നൊച്ചി nochi = name given to the chaste tree - Vitex negundo L. ... കരിനൊച്ചി karinochi OR കരുനൊച്ചി karunochi - both the names refer to the dark-flowered variety of the chaste tree; dark-flowered refers to dark-purple colour | the other white-flowered variety refers to the light-purple coloured flowers
നൊച്ചി nochi
~~~~~ MALVANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मालवणी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra (only in the Sindhudurg district), north Goa (especially Pernem taluka) ... a dialect of Konkani with significant Marathi influences and loanwords
लिंगड lingad, निर्गुडी nirgudi
- Many thanks to Nitin Kawthankar for help with these names ... facebook ... there are two types of लिंगड lingad: 1) सुदरी लिंगड sudri lingad, 2) कातरी लिंगड katri lingad ... varieties based on margins of leaves / leaflets ... सुदरी = non-serrated; कातरी = serrated
~~~~~ MANIPURI ~~~~~
written in: Meiteilon (ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ), Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Manipur ... other names for this language: Meetei
ꯎꯔꯤꯛꯁꯤꯕꯤ urik shibi
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka
इंद्राणी indrani, निगूड niguda
लिंगुर lingur
निर्गुंडी nirgundi
- A dictionary, Marathi and English by Molesworth, J. T. (James Thomas) ... and so many lenient variants: निरगूड niraguda (or निर्गूड nirguda), निरगुडी niragudi (or निर्गुडी nirgudi), निरगुंड niragunda (or निर्गुंड nirgunda) ... distinguished as कातरी निर्गुडी katari nirgudi = plant having deeply-serrated leaflets, and सादी निर्गुडी saadi nirgudi = plant having non-serrated leaflets
~~~~~ MISHING ~~~~~
written in: Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh ... other names for this language: Mising, Plains Miri
পচতীয়া pochotiya
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Bengali-Assamese ... spoken in: Mizoram ... other names for this language: Lushai, Duhlian
beliangthing
palchawi
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim
इन्द्रायणी indraayanee, सिमली simalee
- Many thanks to Saroj Kumar Kasaju for help with these names ... efloraofindia
~~~~~ NYISHI ~~~~~
written in: Latin ... spoken in: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam ... spoken by the Daffla (or Dafla) tribe, now known as Nyishi tribe ... other names for this language: Nishi, Nisi, Nishang, Nissi, Nyising, Leil, Aya, Akang, Bangni-Bangru, Solung
ringte
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
ବେଗୁନିଆ begunia, ନିର୍ଗୁଣ୍ଡୀ nirgundi
~~~~~ PAHARI (or PAHADI) ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पहाड़ी), Perso-Arabic (پہاڑی) ... variety of languages, dialects and language groups, spoken in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand
बणा bana
~~~~~ PALI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (पालि) ... used by priests and scholars, the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism
निग्गुंडी niggundi, सिंदुवार sinduvara
~~~~~ PERSIAN ~~~~~
written in: Farsi (فارسی) ... almost a defunct language; spoken in: West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Bihar
پنج انگشت panj angusht
~~~~~ PUNJABI ~~~~~
written in: Gurmukhi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) ... spoken in: Punjab
ਬਨਾੱ banna
ਮਰਵੰਦੇ marwande (or ਮਰਵਨ marwan), ਨੀਨਦੀ nindi, ਸਮਭਾਲੂ sambhalu
ਸ਼ਵਾਰੀ shawari
~~~~~ RABHA ~~~~~
written in: Assamese (ৰাভা), Bengali ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland, West Bengal, Meghalaya
phokuskphang
~~~~~ RAJASTHANI ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (राजस्थानी) ... spoken in: Rajasthan
नेगड़ negad, सामल samal
निर्गुण्डी nirgundi
~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~
written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars
अर्थसिद्धक arthasiddhaka, बदरीफला badariphala, भूतवेषी bhutaveshi, चन्द्रसुरस chandrasurasa, इन्द्राणी indrani, इन्द्रसुरस indrasurasa, कपिका kapika, नदीकान्त nadikanta, नीलक nilaka, नीलसिन्धुक nilasindhuka, नीलाशी nilashi, निर्गुण्डि nirgundi, निर्गुण्टी nirgunti, निसिन्धु nisindhu, शेपाल shepala, शीतसहा shitasaha, शुक्लपृष्ठक shuklaprsthaka, सिन्धुक sindhuka, सिन्धुराव sindhurava, सिन्धुवार sindhuvara (or सिन्दुवार sinduvara), स्थिरसाधनक sthirasadhanaka, सुरस surasa, विजया vijaya
~~~~~ SANTALI ~~~~~
written in: Ol Chiki (ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ), Bengali (সাঁওতালী), Odia (ସାନ୍ତାଳୀ), Devanagari (सान्ताली), Roman ... spoken in: Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha
ᱥᱤᱸᱫᱽᱣᱟᱹᱨᱤ sindwari
~~~~~ SINDHI ~~~~~
written in: Perso-Arabic (سِنڌِي), Gujarati (સિંધી), Devanagari (सिन्धी) ... spoken in: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan
ڪاروسنڀالۇ karosambhal
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
கருநொச்சி karu-nocchi, நொச்சி nocchi
- Many thanks to Dr Vijayasankar Raman for help with these names ... efloraofindia
- FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
- கரு karu = black, dark | நொச்சி nocchi = name given to the chaste tree - Vitex negundo L. ... கருநொச்சி karu-nocchi - refers to the dark-flowered variety of the chaste tree; dark-flowered refers to dark-purple colour | the other white-flowered variety refers to the light-purple coloured flowers
வெண்ணொச்சி vennocchi
~~~~~ TANGKHUL ~~~~~
written in: Latin, Meitei (ꯇꯥꯡꯈꯨꯜ) ... spoken in: Manipur, Nagaland ... spoken by: Tangkhul people
ꯎꯔꯤꯛꯁꯤꯕꯤ urik shibi
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry
నిర్గుండి nirgundi, శంబళి sambali
నల్ల వావిలి nalla vaavili, సింధువారము sinduvaaramu, తెల్ల వావిలి thella vaavili, వావిలి vaavili
~~~~~ TIBETAN ~~~~~
written in: Tibetan ... spoken in: Tibet, Jammu, Kashmir & Ladakh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bhutan
ni rgun tha
~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~
written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala
ಕರಿನೆಕ್ಕಿ karinekki, ನೆಕ್ಕಿ ತಪ್ಪು nekki thappu
~~~~~ URDU ~~~~~
written in: Urdu (اردو) ... spoken in: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka
نرگنٿهي nirgunthi, سمبهالو sambhalu
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Lamiaceae Verbenaceae "small tree" "large shrub" "Vitex negundo" "Agnus-castus negundo" "Vitex agnus-castus var. negundo" "Vitex negundo var. negundo" "Agnus-castus incisa" "Vitex incisa" "Vitex negundo var. heterophylla" "Vitex negundo var. incisa" "Vitex negundo var. intermedia" "Vitex negundo var. purpurascens" "Chinese chaste tree" "cut-leaf chaste tree" "five-leaved chaste tree" "horseshoe vitex" "Indian privet" "lace-leaf vitex"