Vitex (Chaste Tree Berry)
Vitex agnus-castus
About Vitex (Chaste Tree Berry)
Vitex (Chaste Tree Berry) (Vitex agnus-castus) is a herb used in the Western Herbalism tradition to help with Fibroids, PCOS, Hormonal Imbalance, and Menopause, among 4 other conditions it addresses. The fruit / berries are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Vitex agnus-castus, also called vitex, chaste tree, chasteberry, Abraham's balm, lilac chastetree, or monk's pepper, is a native of the Mediterranean region. It is one of the few temperate-zone species of Vitex, which is on the whole a genus of tropical and sub-tropical flowering plants. Theophrastus mentioned the shrub several times, as agnos (ฮฌฮณฮฝฮฟฯ) in Enquiry into Plants. It has been long believed to be an anaphrodisiac but its effectiveness remains controversial. This is a cross-pollinating...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist