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7186.000 Vitex
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Stems usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, (1-)3-7-foliolate. Cymes mostly dichasial, short and dense to open and spreading, bracts often well developed. Corolla white and/or coloured, mostly shades of blue, lilac or mauve, ± zygomorphic; limb spreading ± 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous. Drupes fleshy; fruiting calyx usually accrescent, plate-like or cup-shaped. Worldwide: 250 species occurring in tropical and temperate regions |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| amaniensis W. Piep. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| buchananii Baker ex Gürke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| doniana Sweet | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S | Description, Image |
| madiensis Oliv. subsp. madiensis | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| madiensis Oliv. subsp. milanjiensis (Britten) F. White | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
| mombassae Vatke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| patula E.A. Bruce | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,E,S | |
| payos (Lour.) Merr. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| petersiana Klotzsch | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,E | Description, Image |
| schliebenii Moldenke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,E | Description, Image |
| trifolia L. var. bicolor (Willd.) Moldenke | Altitude Rainfall Geology |
Other sources of information about Vitex:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Vitex pageFlora of Mozambique: Vitex
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Vitex
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Vitex
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Vitex
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vitex
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Vitex
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