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Latin name

Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Vitex gaumeri Greenm.

Verbenaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua)

SC SE

hel hyg->mes calc

dr fr fw ma ti (beams, decorative accessories, flooring, framing, window framing, furniture, general carpentry, handicraft, harness, labouring instruments, plywood corestock, sawn timber, sport and athletic goods, tool handles, turned work, veneer, yoke)

Vitex longeracemosa Pittier

fiddlewood chastetree; blue blossom, dogwood (Belize); fiddlewood (Belize, Honduras); second yax nik, walking lady (Belize)

gattilier bleu

baloua (Nicaragua); barrabás cenizo (Honduras); bimbayán (Nicaragua); crucillo (Mexico); flor azul (Belize, Honduras); jocote de mico (Guatemala); matasano (Belize)

nichté (tzeltal); sak-u-sol, ya ch nik (maya, Belize); ya'axnik (maya); yash-nik (Belize); yashcabté (tzeltal); yax nik ux pe, yax-nik (maya, Belize); yaxnic (maya, Guatemala)

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Latin name	Vitex gaumeri Greenm.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Nicaragua)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	D
Ecology	hel hyg->mes calc
Use	dr fr fw ma ti (beams, decorative accessories, flooring, framing, window framing, furniture, general carpentry, handicraft, harness, labouring instruments, plywood corestock, sawn timber, sport and athletic goods, tool handles, turned work, veneer, yoke)
Synonym	Vitex longeracemosa Pittier
English name	fiddlewood chastetree; blue blossom, dogwood (Belize); fiddlewood (Belize, Honduras); second yax nik, walking lady (Belize)
French name	gattilier bleu
Spanish name	baloua (Nicaragua); barrabás cenizo (Honduras); bimbayán (Nicaragua); crucillo (Mexico); flor azul (Belize, Honduras); jocote de mico (Guatemala); matasano (Belize)
Other name	nichté (tzeltal); sak-u-sol, ya ch nik (maya, Belize); ya'axnik (maya); yash-nik (Belize); yashcabté (tzeltal); yax nik ux pe, yax-nik (maya, Belize); yaxnic (maya, Guatemala)
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