Plant stories: Hamago / beach vitex

PLANTS
Written By Monica Laflamme
 

Species: Vitex rotundifolia.

Common names: 浜号, Hamago, Beach vitex, Roundleaf chastetree

Distribution: Much of the pacific islands and the pacific rim. Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Polynesia, Hawaii, Malaya, Philippines, and Hong Kong, Brazil, Mauritius, Reunion, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands, China, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Korea, Indochina, Thailand, Borneo, and Sarawak. Recently has made its way to south-eastern US.

 
Monica Laflamme
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