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Lilac chaste tree

Vitex agnus-castus is a plant native of the Mediterranean region. It is one of the few temperate-zone species of Vitex, which is on the whole a genus of tropical and subtropical flowering plants. Vitex is a cross-pollinating plant, but its self-pollination has been recorded.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Vitex agnus-castus
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Vitex
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Lamiales
Habit: shrub