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Vitex doniana
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School site Nhancuco, lower slopes, Mt Gorongosa
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Along road to Musikadzi ranger post, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Common names: | Black plum (English) Prune fingerleaf (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Medium-sized deciduous tree with a rounded crown. Leaves palmately divided with 3-7 leaflets, mostly 5 with the lower leaflets distinctly smaller; leaflets obovate, leathery, dark green above, paler below, mostly hairless except for a few stellate hairs on the midrib below; apex rounded or notched, occasionally abruptly acuminate. Flowers in branched axillary heads, blue, violet or white with the lower lobe darker. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 3 × 2 cm, fleshy, hairless, purple-black, edible. |
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| Habitat: | At the margins of evergreen and riverine forest and in woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form: | T |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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Flora of Mozambique: Vitex donianaAfrican Plant Database: Vitex doniana
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Vitex doniana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vitex doniana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Vitex doniana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Vitex doniana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Vitex doniana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vitex doniana
JSTOR Plant Science: Vitex doniana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Vitex doniana
Tropicos: Vitex doniana
West African Plants database: Vitex doniana
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