Vitex altissima

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Vitex altissima 32.JPG

|image_caption = Inflorescences and trifoliolate leaves

|image2 = Vitex altissima single leaf.JPG

|image2_caption = Upper side of palmate leaf

|genus = Vitex

|species = altissima

|authority = L.f.

|synonyms =

• Vitex alata Willd.
• Vitex altissima f. alata (Willd.) Moldenke
• Vitex appendiculata Rottler ex C.B.Clarke
• Vitex latifolia Wight ex Steud. [Invalid]
• Vitex zeylanica Turcz. [Illegitimate]{{Cite web | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-213311 | title=Vitex altissima L.f. — the Plant List}}

}}

Vitex altissima, the peacock chaste tree, is a species of woody plant reaching some 20 m in height, in the family of

Lamiaceae. It is native to the Indomalayan realm, namely Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka, and is also found in New Guinea.{{Cite web|url=http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/31884|title = Vitex altissima L.f. | Species}} Its greyish bark becomes scaly with maturity. The leaves are trifoliolate or palmate, compound and opposite. They are elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate in shape with acuminate apex and cuneate base. The margin is serrate or sometimes entire. The inflorescences are in terminal panicles. The corolla is bluish white. The purplish black fruit is a four-seeded drupe.{{Cite web | url=http://www.biotik.org/india/species/v/vitealti/vitealti_en.html | title=Vitex altissima - VERBENACEAE}}