Vitex grandifolia Gürke

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Vitex

Characteristics

A tree. It grows to 25 m high. The trunk is 1.2 m across. The leaves are opposite and compound. There are 5 leaflets spread out like fingers on a hand. These are 12-30 cm long by 10-15 cm wide. The end in a sharp point. The fruit is fleshy with a stone inside. The fruit is 2 cm long and there are 1-2 seeds per stone.
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Pale-yellowish to brownish-yellow flowers in short-peduncled cymes at the base of the leaves
A small tree 20-30 ft. high
Large 5-foliolate leaves
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.2
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Often an understorey tree of lowland evergreen forest, it can become locally common, especially when growing in secondary forests.
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A tropical plant. It is an understorey tree in the lowland evergreen forest.
In high or secondary forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw. They are also used to make an alcoholic drink. Caution: Alcohol is a cause of cancer.
Uses food invertebrate food material medicinal social use wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seed germinate after 2-3 months.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Vitex grandifolia world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Vitex grandifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:865743-1
WFO ID wfo-0000333121
COL ID 5BL55
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vitex bipindensis Vitex lutea Vitex grandifolia Vitex grandifolia var. bipindensis Vitex grandifolia var. bipendensis