Higuerillo

(Vitex milnei)

galery

Description

Vitex divaricata is a tree shrub of the Caribbean native to Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Its Spanish vernacular names include hig-erillo and higuerillo. Its English vernacular name is white fiddlewood. It belongs to the order of Lamiales. This tree is common in the Toro Negro State Forest.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Lamiales
Family:Lamiaceae
Genus:Vitex
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