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Family

Distribution

North America distribution zone

Height

Foliage

Ecology

Use

Synonym

English name

French name

Spanish name

Other name

Trade name

Vitex heptaphylla A.Juss.

Verbenaceae

SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Dominica)

hel calc serp

dr (macerated leaves compress for enlarged liver, headache and chronic cold, pulverized seed with onion application for appendicitis)

Vitex balbisii Spreng. Vitex umbrosa Sw.

sevenleaf chastetree; black fiddlewood, box wood, lizard wood (Jamaica)

gattilier à sept feuilles; bois de savane, bois savane (Haiti); grigri, gris-gris (Haiti)

capá de Puerto Rico (Dominican Republic); chicharrón (Cuba); gri-gri, malagueta, malagueto, mata becerro, palo perriro, palo perrito (Dominican Republic); panda (Cuba, Dominican Republic)

bwa savann, grigri (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Vitex heptaphylla A.Juss.
Family	Verbenaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Dominica)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	M
Foliage	E
Ecology	hel calc serp
Use	dr (macerated leaves compress for enlarged liver, headache and chronic cold, pulverized seed with onion application for appendicitis)
Synonym	Vitex balbisii Spreng. Vitex umbrosa Sw.
English name	sevenleaf chastetree; black fiddlewood, box wood, lizard wood (Jamaica)
French name	gattilier à sept feuilles; bois de savane, bois savane (Haiti); grigri, gris-gris (Haiti)
Spanish name	capá de Puerto Rico (Dominican Republic); chicharrón (Cuba); gri-gri, malagueta, malagueto, mata becerro, palo perriro, palo perrito (Dominican Republic); panda (Cuba, Dominican Republic)
Other name	bwa savann, grigri (creole, Haiti)
Trade name