| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Verbenaceae |
| Synonym | Vitex pubescens Vahl. |
| Local Name | Myla |
| Local Name 2 | Aattumayila |
| Habit | Medium sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark thick, white; young shoot grey pubescent; branchlets 4-angled, lenticellata. Leaves 3-foliolate, sometimes 5-foliolate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 35-70 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above, winged in coppice shoot, flattened; petiolule 7-10 mm, lamina 7-16 x 1.8-4.9 cm, elliptic, lanceolate or oblanceolate, base acute, apex acuminate, margin entire or coarsely serrate, yellow gland dotted beneath, flowers bisexual, cream with yellow palate, fruit a drupe, 1.3 cm long, obovoid, supported by enlarged calyx; seeds 4. |