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VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS [1 record]

Record 1 2016-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
DEF

Aromatic shrub or small tree Southern Europe and warm parts of the world. Used medicinally and in basketry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
DEF

Plante du genre vitex, famille des Verbénacées. Arbrisseau des régions méditerranéennes portant des petits fruits charnus, noir rougeâtre, exhalant une odeur de poivre, d'où l'autre nom Poivre sauvage donné à l'espèce. On lui attribue des vertus calmantes.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec le Faux poivrier (Schinus molle) petit arbre originaire d'Amérique du Sud aux fruits rouges de la grosseur et de la saveur d'un grain de poivre et planté en avennes en Provence.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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