Vitex quinata F.N.Williams

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Vitex

Characteristics

Trees 4-12 m tall, evergreen; bark brown. Branchlets pubescent and glandular when young, glabrescent. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petiole 2.5-6 cm; petiolules 0.5-2 cm; leaflets obovate-elliptic to obovate or oblong to elliptic, thickly papery, both surfaces shiny, abaxially yellow glandular, base cuneate, margin entire or sometimes apically crenulate dentate, apex acuminate, acute, or obtuse; central leaflet 5-20 2.5-8.5 cm. Panicles terminal, lax, 9-18 cm, densely yellowish brown pubescent. Calyx 2-3 mm, rudimentarily dentate, densely yellowish brown pubescent, glandular. Corolla yellowish, 6-8 mm, 2-lipped, 5-lobed, outside pubescent and glandular. Stamens exserted. Ovary glandular. Fruiting calyx truncate. Fruit black, obovoid to globose, ca. 8 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jul, fr. Aug-Sep.
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A shrub or large tree. It grows 14-32 m tall. The bark is pale brown and flaky or scaly and rough. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. They are oval and 10 cm long. The flowers are in groups 20 cm long. They have a scent. The fruit is juicy and round. It is 1 cm across and black.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 14.0 - 20.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. In Yunnan in China it grows between 600-1300 m above sea level. It can be between 25-1,700 m above sea level. It grows in monsoon rainforest. In XTBG Yunnan.
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Forests on mountain slopes at elevations from 200-1,200 metres in southern China. Lowland forest in Malaysia.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw. The young shoots are used as a vegetable.
Uses food material medicinal wood
Edible fruits shoots
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
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Distribution

Vitex quinata world distribution map, present in Andorra, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Moldova (Republic of), Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Vitex quinata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:865957-1
WFO ID wfo-0000333392
COL ID 5BLBK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Vitex quinata f. lungchowensis Vitex babula Vitex celebica Vitex heterophylla Vitex loureiroi Vitex altmannii Vitex padangensis Vitex quinata Vitex undulata Cornutia quinata Vitex secundiflora var. longipes Vitex heterophylla var. undulata Vitex quinata var. quinata Vitex sumatrana