nirgundi :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Vitex
Species: Vitex Negundo

Allied species:

Vitex trifolia, Vitex altissima

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Nirgundi; Sephalika; Sindhuvara; Svetasurasa; Vrikshaha (सिन्धुवार)
English: five-leaved chaste tree Horseshoe vitex; Chinese chaste tree
Hindi: Mewri; Nirgundi; Nisinda; Sambhalu; Sawbhalu (निर्गुंडी)
Urdu: Sumbaloo
Telugu: Sindhuvara; Vavili; Nalla-vavili; Tella-vavili (వావిలి / సింధువార) lekkali
Bengali: Nirgundi; Nishinda; Samalu
Marathi: Nirgudi (निरगुडी)
Konkani: Lingad
Oriya: Thingkhawilupa, Niligund
Gujarathi: Nagoda; Shamalic
Tamil: Chinduvaram; Nirnochchi; Nochchi; Notchi; Vellai-nochchi
Malayalam: Indrani , കരിനൊച്ചി karinocchi
Kannada: Bile-nekki
Punjabi: Banna; Marwan; Maura; Mawa; Swanjan Torbanna
Sindhi: Marvandaey (Buner), nirgud (Margallah hills), kalgari (Siran valley)
Santal: Bengunia, luguni, sindwar (Chhota Nagpur), sinduari (Bihar)
Arabic: أرثد نيغوندو
Spanish: sauzgatillo chino/extracto de sauzgatillo chino/tintura de sauzgatillo chino
Assamese: Pochotia (পচতীয়া)
Chinese: Huang jing (黄荆)
French: gattilier en arbre
German: ndischer Mönchspfeffer/Indischer Mönchspfeffer
Burma: Kiyow-bhan-bin, kiyuban-bin
Nepal: सिमली Simali Nirgundi
Persian: Sisban, panj-angasht, banjangasht, panjngust (Fazan Khist)
Sinhalese: Nika (නික)