Vitex divaricata

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|genus = Vitex

|species = divaricata

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|synonyms = Vitex divaricata var. cubensis {{au|Urb.}}

Vitex divaricata var. haitiensis {{au|Urb.}}

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Vitex divaricata is a tree shrub of the Caribbean native to Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=VIDI2 Vitex divaricata Sw.; higuerillo.] USDA. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Plants Database. Retrieved 22 August 2013. Its Spanish vernacular names include higüerillo[http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/30-Toro%20Negro%20ultimo.pdf Bosques de Puerto Rico: Bosque Estatal de Toro Negro.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807061645/http://www.drna.gobierno.pr/biblioteca/publicaciones/hojas-de-nuestro-ambiente/30-Toro%20Negro%20ultimo.pdf |date=2015-08-07 }} Hojas de Nuestro Ambiente. July 2008. [Publication/Issue: P-030] Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. Retrieved 11 August 2013. and higuerillo. Its English vernacular name is white fiddlewood.[http://fmhibd.library.cmu.edu/HIBD-DB/ArtCat/recordlist.php?-skip=24369&-max=25 Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection.] Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 22 August 2013. It belongs to the order Lamiales.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/33700882 Vitex divaricata Sw.] Tropicos.org Retrieved 22 August 2013.[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=32224 Vitex divaricata Sw.] ITIS Report. Taxonomic Serial No.: 32224. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. White House Subcommittee on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics. USGS Reston, VA. Retrieved 22 August 2013. This tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest.