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Vitex divaricata Sw.

Verbenaceae

SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Trinidad)

D E

hel hyg

fd ma (leaves for tannin) pl ti (shingles)

Vitex divaricata var. cubensis Urb. Vitex divaricata Sw. var. divaricata Vitex divaricata var. haitiensis Urb. Vitex multiflora Sw.

Guiana chastetree; bastard fiddle wood (Lesser Antilles); black fiddlewood (Trinidad and Tobago); fiddlewood (Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Vincent); timber fiddlewood (Tobago); white fiddle wood (Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles); white fiddlewood (Montserrat)

gattilier bois-lézard; bois à agouti (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois lézard (Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Trinidad); bois-agouti, bois-lézard

higuerillo (Puerto Rico); higüerillo; higuerillo cimarrón, ofón criollo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); pendula, pendula blanca (Puerto Rico); punte (Colombia); roble de olor, roble guayo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); taruma (Trinidad and Tobago); totumillo (Venezuela)

bwa leza (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Vitex divaricata Sw.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Guianas, Ecuador, Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	D E
Ecology	hel hyg
Use	fd ma (leaves for tannin) pl ti (shingles)
Synonym	Vitex divaricata var. cubensis Urb. Vitex divaricata Sw. var. divaricata Vitex divaricata var. haitiensis Urb. Vitex multiflora Sw.
English name	Guiana chastetree; bastard fiddle wood (Lesser Antilles); black fiddlewood (Trinidad and Tobago); fiddlewood (Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Vincent); timber fiddlewood (Tobago); white fiddle wood (Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles); white fiddlewood (Montserrat)
French name	gattilier bois-lézard; bois à agouti (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois lézard (Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Trinidad); bois-agouti, bois-lézard
Spanish name	higuerillo (Puerto Rico); higüerillo; higuerillo cimarrón, ofón criollo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); pendula, pendula blanca (Puerto Rico); punte (Colombia); roble de olor, roble guayo (Cuba, Dominican Republic); taruma (Trinidad and Tobago); totumillo (Venezuela)
Other name	bwa leza (creole, Haiti)
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