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Synonyms: |
Vitex sp. no. 2 sensu Drummond (1975) Vitex sp. no. 2 sensu K. Coates Palgrave (1977) |
Common names: | Large fingerleaf (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Scrambling shrub or tree. Bark grey to brown; young branchlets 4-angled. Leaves 5-foliolate, lower most leaflets usually much smaller. Leaflets elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, dark green, somewhat scabrid above, densely covered in brownish hairs below; margin entire or toothed in apical half; petiolules short or absent. Flowers in short dense axillary clusters, white with cream to pale yellow. Fruit almost round, 4-6 mm in diameter, fleshy, white to purple-black. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | schliebenii: Hans-Joachim Eberhardt Schlieben (1902-1975), German botanist, photographer, and writer who collected in Tanzania and South Africa. |
Habitat: | Occurring on sandy soils in deciduous woodland and riverine thickets. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1500 m |
Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe. |
Zimbabwe distribution: | W,E |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 1 February 2009 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 861. (Includes a picture). Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 76 - 77. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 57. As Vitex schleibenii |
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