Vitex pinnataL.

WFO wfo-0000333365 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Vitex pinnata, photographed by Jenny Saito
fig. a Jenny Saito, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-25 / obs. 190526881
Vitex pinnata, photographed by Samuel Lee
fig. b Samuel Lee, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171278641
Vitex pinnata, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. c Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 165751513
Vitex pinnata, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. d Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 117050030
Vitex pinnata, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. e Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 103714633
Vitex pinnata, photographed by Ong Jyh Seng
fig. f Ong Jyh Seng, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 79587172
Vitex pinnata, photographed by Nasser Halaweh
fig. g Nasser Halaweh, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59614030
Vitex pinnata, photographed by Jenny Saito
fig. h Jenny Saito, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190526913

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Vitex pinnata is native: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, East Himalaya, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam AssamBangladeshBorneoCambodiaEast HimalayaIndiaJawaLaosLesser Sunda Is.MalayaMalukuMyanmarPhilippinesSri LankaSulawesiSumateraThailandVietnam Andaman Is.
Native distribution of Vitex pinnata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Assam ASS
Bangladesh BAN
Borneo BOR
Cambodia CBD
East Himalaya EHM
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Lesser Sunda Is. LSI
Malaya MLY
Maluku MOL
Myanmar MYA
Philippines PHI
Sri Lanka SRL
Sulawesi SUL
Sumatera SUM
Thailand THA
Vietnam VIE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 25 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Pistaciovitex pinnata (L.) Kuntze
  • Vitex arborea Roxb. ex Jack
  • Vitex articulata Steud.
  • Vitex bracteata Horsf. ex Miq.
  • Vitex buddingii Moldenke
  • Vitex digitata Wight ex Steud.
  • Vitex heterophylla Blume ex Miq.
  • Vitex heterophylla var. puberula H.J.Lam
  • Vitex heterophylla var. velutina Koord. & Valeton
  • Vitex inaequifolia Turcz.
  • Vitex latifolia Lam.
  • Vitex pinnata f. glabrescens Moldenke
  • Vitex pinnata f. ptilota (Dop) Moldenke
  • Vitex puberula Miq.
  • Vitex pubescens Vahl
  • Vitex pubescens var. bicolor Kuntze
  • Vitex pubescens var. lilacina Kuntze
  • Vitex pubescens var. pantjarensis Hochr.
  • Vitex pubescens var. pinata Kuntze
  • Vitex pubescens var. ptilota Dop
  • Vitex quinata var. puberula Moldenke
  • Vitex sebesiae H.J.Lam ex Leeuwen
  • Vitex turczaninowii f. puberula Moldenke
  • Vitex velutina (Koord. & Valeton) Koord.

and 1 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.