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Vitex madiensis

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Name

Identification
Vitex camporum Büttner [family VERBENACEAE ] Vitex madiensis Oliv. [family VERBENACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Vitex schweinfurthii
  • Vitex camporum
  • Vitex
  • Vitex ringoetii
  • Vitex epidictyodes
  • Vitex hockii
  • Vitex epidictyoides
  • Vitex milanjiensis
  • Vitex madiensis
Common name
  • ’ čimboô ( (SENEGAL, ‘SOCE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • koro (JB; K&A) kuo (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • (Fogny) budêg kébôké (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • a-tiúgè (after K&A) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bumé (K&A) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • dâkélékélé (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ké-bõnke (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • gi-tyòg (after K&A; FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Vitex madiensis Oliv. [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 madiensis Oliv. [family LABIATAE], in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 134, t. 131.
Vitex Schweinfurthii Gürke [family LABIATAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 170.
Information
A tree; branchlets pubescent or villous when young. Leaves usually 3-foliolate, sometimes simple or 5-foliolate, subcoriaceous, green and glabrous above when mature, hairy especially on the main ribs beneath; leaflets obovate-cuneate, obtuse or cuspidate, deeply crenate in the upper half, reaching a length of 5–6 in. by half as broad, end one distinctly stalked; main petiole 3–4 in. long. Cymes dense, axillary, long-peduncled; branchlets densely hairy; pedicels very short. Calyx campanulate, densely hairy, 1/8 in. long and broad; teeth ovate, distinct. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, hairy outside. Fruit edible, the size of a small plum.
Distribution
British East Africa Nile Land Jur; Kurshook Ali's Seriba, Schweinfurth, ser. 3, 48! Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1365! 1506! 2030! Denka territory, at Jeranil, Schweinfurth, 1313! Madi, Speke & Grant, 649! Mittu; near Mvolo, Schweinfurth, 2848.

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