Vitex burmensis Moldenke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Vitex

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees 2-12 m tall. Branches and branchlets pubescent, densely yellowish glandular. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petioles 2-12 cm; petiolules 0.3-2 cm; leaflets oblong, lanceolate, or ovate-lanceolate, papery, abaxially yellow glandular, adaxially sparsely pubescent and glandular, base cuneate to subrounded and sometimes oblique, margin entire, apex caudate-acuminate to acute, veins 13-15 pairs and abaxially prominent; central leaflet 7-17 X 2.5-8 cm. Panicles axillary, 1-3 per axil; peduncle 1.5-7 cm, densely short pubescent, sparsely glandular. Calyx slightly 2-lipped, 5-dentate, outside pubescent and glandular, inside glabrous. Corolla pink, ca. 1 cm, tube ca. 6 mm, both surfaces pubescent especially on central lobe of lower lip. Stamens slightly exserted; filaments pubescent on basal half; anthers divaricate. Ovary glabrous, apically glandular. Style as long as corolla tube. Fruit globose, ca. 1 cm in diam. Fl. Jun, fr. Oct.
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Distribution

Vitex burmensis world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Conservation status

Vitex burmensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:865630-1
WFO ID wfo-0000332991
COL ID 5BKZZ
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Synonyms

Vitex burmensis Vitex lanceifolia Vitex lanceolata