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Vitex schweinfurthii

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Name

Identification
Vitex simplicifolia Oliv. [family LABIATAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Pieper, Vitex schweinfurthii Baker [family LABIATAE ]
Related name
  • Vitex schweinfurthii
  • Vitex simplicifolia
  • Vitex madiensis

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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