Vitex altissima L.f.

VY-teks -- Latin name for the Grape genus ... Dave's Botanary
al-TISS-ih-muh -- tallest, highest ... Dave's Botanary

commonly known as: peacock chaste tree, tall chaste tree, tall peacock’s foot tree • Assamese: আচৈ achai, অহোঈ ahoi, ঝাৰুৱা jharua • Coorgi: ನವಿಲಡಿ naviladi • Kachari: selongphang • Kannada: ಭರಣಿಗೆ bharanige, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಲಕ್ಕಿ dodda lakki, ಮೈರೊಳೆ myrole, ನವಿಲಾದಿ naviladi, ನೆರೊಳೆ nerole, ತೊರೆನೆಕ್ಕಿ torenekki • Konkani: बाइलाडो bailado, बवलगी bavalgi, धवी रिवठी dhavi rivti • Malayalam: മൈല maila, മയിലെള്ള് mayilell • Marathi: बलगे balage, बनलगाय banalagaay • Nepali: तिन पात्ते tin paatte • Odia: chadheigudi • Sanskrit: अशूला ashula • Tamil: காட்டு நொச்சி kattu-nocci, மயிலை நொச்சி mayilai-nocci, மயிலாடி mayilati • Telugu: బూసిచెట్టు busi chettu, గండరపు gandarupu, మయూరము mayuramu, మయూరపు mayurapau, మిరపగండర mirapagandra, నెవలిఅడుగు nevaliadugu • Tulu: ಮೈರೊಳೆ myrole


botanical names: Vitex altissima L.f. ... heterotypic synonyms: Vitex alata Willd. • Vitex alata B.Heyne ex Roth • Vitex altissima var. alata (Willd.) T.Cooke ... and more at POWO, retrieved 21 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

peacock chaste tree

• Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

tall chaste tree

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

tall peacock’s foot tree

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~

written in: Assamese (অসমীয়া) ... spoken in: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya

আচৈ achai, ঝাৰুৱা jharua

• Many thanks to Brahmananda Patiri for help with these names ... facebook
• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

অহোঈ ahoi

• Srivastava, Ramesh & Choudhary, Ritesh. (2008). Species diversity and economic importance of the family Verbenaceae in Arunachal Pradesh. Bulletin of Arunachal Forest Research. 23. 1-21.

~~~~~ COORGI ~~~~~

written in: Kodava, Kannada (ಕೊಡವ), Malayalam (കൊഡവ) ... spoken in: Coorg district of Karnataka ... other names for this language: Codava, Kodava

ನವಿಲಡಿ naviladi

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~

written in: Bengali-Assamese, Devanagari, Latin ... spoken in: Assam, Nagaland ... other names for this language: Cachari, Plains Kachari (Boro or Bara) and Hill Kachari (Dimasa)

selongphang

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~

written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) ... spoken in: Karnataka

ಭರಣಿಗೆ bharanige

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka
• or ಭರಣಿ bharani ... S G Narsimhachar - Latin and Kannada names of indigenous and medicinal plants of Mysore - Mandayam Digital Library

ದೊಡ್ಡ ಲಕ್ಕಿ dodda lakki

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• ಪದಕಣಜ - ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಜಾಲತಾಣ ... Padakanaja - Official website of Government of Karnataka

ಮೈರೊಳೆ myrole

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

ನವಿಲಡಿ naviladi

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Alar - an authoritative Kannada-English dictionary corpus created by V. Krishna
• also ನವುಲಾದಿ navuladi ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ನವಿಲಾದಿ navilaadi = peacock’s foot; named so due to the resemblance of the leaf to the foot of peacock
• also ನೆವಲಾದಿ ಮರ nevaladi mara ... Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore
• or ನವ್ಲಾದಿ ಮರ navladi mara ... Catalogue of Plants in the Botanical Garden, Bangalore, and its vicinity by Cameron, John, F. L. S

ನೆರೊಳೆ nerole

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

ತೊರೆನೆಕ್ಕಿ torenekki

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• also ನವುಲಾದಿ navuladi ... Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga ... ತೊರೆ tore = river, ನೆಕ್ಕಿ nekki = chaste tree ... indicates its habitat, it usually grows along the river banks

~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (कोंकणी) / Kannada (ಕೊಂಕಣಿ) / Malayalam (കൊങ്കണി) / Perso-Arabic (کونکنی) / Romi (Konknni) ... spoken in: Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat

बाइलाडो bailado

• Datar, Mandar & Lakshminarasimhan, P.. (2013). Check List of Wild Angiosperms of Bhagwan Mahavir (Molem) National Park, Goa, India. Check List. 9. 186-207. 10.15560/9.2.186.
• the name rendered in native script needs validation

बवलगी bavalgi

• Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

धवी रिवठी dhavi rivti

• for Vitex altissima var. alata (Willd.) T.Cooke ... Enumeration of plants from Gomantak India with a note on botanical excursions to the Castlerock area by V D Vartak

~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~

written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) ... spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep

മൈല maila, മയിലെള്ള് mayilell

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• or മയില mayila ... വിക്കിപീഡിയ - സ്വതന്ത്രസർവ്വവിജ്ഞാനകോശം ... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga

~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (मराठी) ... spoken in: Maharashtra, Karnataka

बलगे balage

• The Gazetteer Department - Maharashtra State ... महाराष्ट्रातील वनस्पतीशास्त्र आणि वनसंपदा

बनलगाय banalagaay

• मराठी विश्वकोश - महाराष्ट्र राज्य मराठी विश्वकोश निर्मिती मंडळ

~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (नेपाली) ... spoken in: Nepal, West Bengal, Assam, Sikkim

तिन पात्ते tin paatte

• The Useful Plants of India, Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR

~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~

written in: Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) ... spoken in: Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

chadheigudi

• Kumar, Sanjeet & Mishra, Sweta & Mishra, Arun & Kumar N, Sanath. (2023). Floral diversity of Koira and Barsuan Ranges, Bonai Forest Division, Odisha
• the name needs to be rendered in native script

~~~~~ SANSKRIT ~~~~~

written in: Devanagari (संस्कृतम्) ... used all over India by priests and scholars

अशूला ashula

• Learn Sanskrit - पठत संस्कृतम् - शब्दकोशः

~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~

written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) ... spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands

காட்டு நொச்சி kattu-nocci

• Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம்... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

மயிலை நொச்சி mayilai-nocci

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம்... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia ... or just மயிலை mayilai
• or just மயிலை mayilai for Vitex alata Willd. ... Tamil lexicon [Madras], University of Madras

மயிலாடி mayilati

• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants
• விக்கிப்பீடியா - கட்டற்ற கலைக் களஞ்சியம்... Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia

~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~

written in: Telugu ( తెలుగు) ... spoken in: Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Puducherry

బూసిచెట్టు busi chettu, గండరపు gandarupu, మయూరము mayuramu, మయూరపు mayurapau, మిరపగండర mirapagandra, నెవలిఅడుగు nevaliadugu

• Flora Andhrika - Plant Wealth of Andhra Pradesh, India
• FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants

~~~~~ TULU ~~~~~

written in: Tigalari (Tulu) was used for writing Vedic texts in Sanskrit, Kannada (ತುಳು), Malayalam (തുളു) ... spoken in: Karnataka, north Kerala

ಮೈರೊಳೆ myrole

• Subrahmanya, Prasad K - Exploration and elucidation of traditional medicinal plants of erstwhile Tulunadu and surrounding area of Kerala and Karnataka - Shodhganga
• Five Hundred Indian Plants by Messrs. C. Stolz and G. Plebst, Basel Mission, Mangalore

~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu

• Hassler, Michael (1994 - 2025): World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 25.01; last update January 19th, 2025. Last accessed 13/01/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy).

~~~~~ Created on: 08:51 21-01-2025 ¦ Last updated: 16:46 22-01-2025 ~~~~~

Lamiaceae Verbenaceae evergreen tree "Vitex altissima" "Vitex alata" "Vitex altissima var. alata" "peacock chaste tree" "tall peacock’s foot tree" "tall chaste tree"