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Higuerillo (Vitex milnei)

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: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Lamiales

            • Family: Lamiaceae

              • Genus: Vitex