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Vitex grandifolia

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Identification
Isotype of Vitex bipindensis Gurke [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Cabral, Celia, 2010 Vitex grandifolia Gurke [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by Cabral, Celia, 2006 Vitex bipindensis Gurke [family VERBENACEAE ] Verified by s.det.,
Related name
  • Vitex grandifolia
  • Vitex bipindensis
Common name
  • pσndokilindõ (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bì (NWT) kukui (GFSE) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • paintu (Aub (IVORY COAST ? tchintchin (A&AA), ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • black plum (cf. V. doniana)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • lugba (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, VAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • am-bant (NWT; FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • lube (def. -ei) (FCD; SKS) lugba (def. -bei) (FCD) luwu-wului = ink tree (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Vitex grandifolia Gürke [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 grandifolia Gürke [family LABIATAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 169.
Information
A small tree; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 5-foliolate, moderately firm, green and glabrous on both surfaces; leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse or cuspidate, entire, nearly sessile, end one 8–12 in. long and half as broad. Cymes dense, axillary, shortly peduncled; branchlets finely pubescent. Calyx campanulate, pubescent, obscurely toothed, 1/8 in. long. Corolla yellowish, silky outside, 3–4 times the length of the calyx. Fruit the size of a small plum, edible, with a calyx 1/2 in. diam.
Distribution
Gaboon Lower Guinea Munda; Sibange Farm, Soyaux, 215! Angoni, 70 miles east of Gaboon, Bates, 550!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea Bagru River, Mann, 880!Gold Coast Upper Guinea by the River Volta, Rumsey, 14!Lagos Upper Guinea Barter, 20180! Millen, 32! 64! Interior of Western Lagos, Rowland!Niger Upper Guinea sea shore near the River Nun, Barter, 2098!Cameroons Upper Guinea Bipinde, Zenker, 839! 959! 1006!

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