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| Synonyms: |
Vitex lokundjensis sensu Moldenke in Phytologia 5: 444 (1956) p.p. non W. Pieper (1929). Vitex sp. no. 1 of Drummond in Kirkia 10: 272 (1975). |
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| Frequency: | Very rare in Zimbabwe |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Tree with smooth white or pale brown bark; older branches dark red-brown; young branches crisply hairy. Leaves drying dark, 3–5-foliolate; leaflets elliptic to broad obovate, 10–20 cm long, median leaflet largest, hairless on both surfaces except for a few short hairs on the veins beneath, veins more or less raised on both surfaces; margin entire to remotely toothed; petiole 9–15 cm long, not grooved. Inflorescences axillary, 7–11 cm long, shortly crisped-pubescent; bracteoles linear, c. 0.5 cm long. Calyx obconic, 5-toothed, not gland-dotted, densely pubescent. Corolla pale yellow, 10–11 mm long, with scattered gland-dots, densely pubescent. Drupe obovoid, c. 1.4 cm long, rounded at apex, more or less enclosed in the enlarged calyx. |
| Notes: | Only known from a handful of collections in Zimbabwe, all from Chirinda Forest. |
| Derivation of specific name: | amaniensis: of Amani, a German Botanical Reseach Station in Tanzania, where the type was collected. |
| Habitat: | In evergreen rain forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1100 m (approx) |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania and Chirinda Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 272. As Vitex sp. no. 1 Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 80 - 81. |
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