Chaste tree is a small shrub with lance shaped leaves and purple flowers that are native to the eastern Mediterranean and easily grown in warm climates around the world. Its peppery fruit has been used for over two thousands years, or at least since the time of the Greek physician Dioscorides who recommended it in beverages intended to help the wives of soldiers remain chaste while their husbands were in battle. The fruit was used by both man and women in ancient Greece and Rome, and by mo ...(more)