Vitex lucens (Puriri)
Vitex lucens (Puriri) with clusters of pink tubular flowers alongside round red fruit on branches.
Botanical name: Vitex lucens
Common names: Puriri, New Zealand Chaste tree
Family: Lamiaceae (Formerly:Verbenaceae)
Origin: New Zealand
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The name Chaste tree for this species comes from a species of southern Europe,Vitex agnus-castus, where it was treated by ancients as a symbol of chastity and long ago discussed in this regard by Pliny the Elder. Puriri does not mean that the species from New Zealand is pure, but coincidentally a tree along the coast near the Bay of Plenty is treated as sacred by the Maori people; they claim that the remains of important ancestors repose in large cavities within its roots.
Similar plants: Vitex lucens (Puriri)
- Gmelina macrophylla (Grey Teak)
- Vitex agnus-castus (Chaste Berry)
- Vitex glabrata (Black Currant Tree)
- Vitex megapotamica (Taruma)
- Vitex negundo (Five-leaved Chaste Tree)
- Vitex rotundifolia (Beach Vitex)
- Vitex sp. 'Variegata' (Variegated Arabian Lilac)
- Vitex trifolia 'Purpurea' (Arabian Lilac)
- Vitex trifolia 'Variegata' (Variegated Arabian Lilac)
Vitex lucens (Puriri) green leaves with small round pink fruit tucked among the thick foliage
Vitex lucens (Puriri) with delicate pink flowers and round red fruit clustered on green stems.
Vitex lucens (Puriri) clusters of round pink fruit nestled among the waxy green pointed leaves.
Vitex lucens (Puriri) pink tubular flower among shiny green leaves and round red fruit.
Vitex lucens (Puriri) tubular pink flower alongside green leaves and developing round fruit nearby.
Vitex lucens (Puriri) displays pink flower clusters with dark green leaves and small red fruit.
Vitex lucens (Puriri) thick woody branch holding many round pink fruit surrounded by green leaves.
Vitex lucens (Puriri) foliage filled with clusters of small red fruit during the summer season
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