Chaste Tree (Agnos)
Vitex agnus-castus
About Chaste Tree (Agnos)
Chaste Tree (Agnos) (Vitex agnus-castus) is a herb used in the Persian Medicine tradition to help with PCOS, Hormonal Imbalance, Menopause, and Fertility, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts 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