牡荆 mu jing

Vitex cannabifolia Siebold & Zuccarini, Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 152. 1846; V. negundo f. intermedia P'ei.

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves (3-)5-foliolate; leaflets lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, abaxially greenish, minutely pilose, adaxially green, base cuneate, margin regularly coarse serrate, apex acuminate. Panicles 10-20 cm. Corolla purplish. Fruit black, globose. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Aug-Nov.

Mixed thickets on mountain slopes and along roadsides; 100-1100 m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hunan, Sichuan [India, Nepal; SE Asia].