Vitex lucens
Vitex lucens · also Pūriri, Puriri, New Zealand chaste tree
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Vitex lucens is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand, featuring a gnarled trunk and broad canopy with dark green foliage. It produces ornamental dark pink flowers followed by red drupes, highly attractive to native birds for nectar and fruit. The tree tolerates wind and coastal conditions, but is sensitive to frost.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 190.00%35 yr7.5 in
Traits
- Form
- Spreading
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 30–50 ft
- Canopy spread
- 30–50 ft
- Water needs
- Moderate
- Wildlife value
- High
- Tolerates
- coastal, salt
- Blooms
- Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
Trunk diameters across every city: median 7.5 in, mean 11 in, 90th percentile 18 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Broadleaf & Mixed Forests
- New Zealand North Island temperate forests
Other Vitex in the catalogue
3 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
