Vitex compressa Turcz.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Vitex

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 20 m high. The leaves have 5 leaflets. The middle 3 leaflets are not equal. The leaf stalks are 5-12 cm long. The flower panicles are 11-30 cm long and 3-5 cm wide. The fruit is fleshy and round of flattened. It is 1.3 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. It is purple when ripe. The pulp is edible.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 17.5
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows near marshes and in forests on ridges.
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Marsh and ridge forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses material seasoning tea wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Vitex compressa world distribution map, present in Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Vitex compressa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:865663-1
WFO ID wfo-0000333024
COL ID 5BL2V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 735257
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Synonyms

Vitex brittoniana Vitex berteroana Vitex compressa Vitex compressa f. angustifolia