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 Zimbabwe: 12 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| amaniensis W. Piep. | E | Description |
| buchananii Baker ex Gürke | E | Description, Image |
| doniana Sweet | E | Description, Image |
| ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn. | E,S | Description, Image |
| madiensis Oliv. subsp. madiensis | E | Description |
| madiensis Oliv. subsp. milanjiensis (Britten) F. White | E | Description, Image |
| mombassae Vatke | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| patula E.A. Bruce | W,E,S | Description |
| payos (Lour.) Merr. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| petersiana Klotzsch | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| schliebenii Moldenke | W,E | Description, Image |
| trifolia L. var. bicolor (Willd.) Moldenke | Description, Image |
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