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Vitex cuneata

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Name

Identification
Vitex doniana Sweet [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1967 Vitex cuneata Thonning [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Vitex diversifolia Baker [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Vitex citrifolia Not on sheet [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Vitex diversifolia
  • Vitex cuneata
  • Vitex doniana
  • Vitex citrifolia

Flora

Entry for Vitex cuneata Schumach. & Thonn. [family LABIATAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, page 273, (1900) Author: (by J. G. Baker and O. Stapf)
Names
Vitex cuneata Schumach. & Thonn. [family LABIATAE], Schauer in DC. Prod. xi. 694.
Information
A tall tree; branchlets glabrous, tetragonal. Leaves 5-foliolate, coriaceous, glabrous on both sides; leaflets obovate-cuneate, entire, all distinctly stalked, end one reaching a length of 6–7 in. Cymes axillary, long-peduncled. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, shortly 5-toothed. Corolla scarlet, pubescent; tube as long as the calyx, densely bearded at the throat. Fruit as large as a plum, blackish, edible.
Distribution
Upper Guinea “Guinea,” Thonning.

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