Common name: Chaste Tree
Family: Lamiaceae
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Country of Origin: Medit. to Pakistan
Description: A shrub or small tree, to 10-20 feet, with strongly aromatic, greyish, pinnate foliage,(leaflets 5-7) and racemes of fragrant, lilac flowers. Used medicinally and in basketry.
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USDA Zone: 6a-9b
Source: Burr Nurseryplant scienc
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Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Lamiales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Lamiaceae
- SubFamily: Viticoideae
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References:
- Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
- WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
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