Vitex vestita Wall. ex Walp.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Vitex

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1-5(-8) m tall. Branchlets densely yellow-brown pubescent when young, glabrescent. Leaves 3-foliolate; petiole 2-6 cm; petiolules ca. 1 cm; leaflets elliptic-oblong to elliptic, membranous, abaxially softly tawny pubescent villous on veins and glandular, adaxially sparsely hispid and glandular dotted, base cuneate to rounded, margin entire or sparsely serrate above middle, apex acuminate to acute; central leaflet largest, 2.5-15 X 1.5-8 cm. Cymes axillary, sometimes to 3 per axil, 2.5-4 cm, dichotomous or trichotomous, tawny pubescent; peduncle shorter than petioles, densely pilose; bracts linear, pilose. Calyx with a tube ca. 3 mm, minutely 5-dentate to subtruncate, outside densely pubescent and glandular. Corolla yellowish, tube slender and 1-1.2 cm, outside yellow glandular, inside glabrous except villous below insertion of stamens. Stamens included. Ovary apex densely glandular. Fruiting calyx enlarged, saucer-shaped. Drupes black, obovoid, 5-9 X 4-8 mm. Fl. Jun-Sep, fr. Oct-Nov.
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A shrub or small thin tree. It grows 6 m high. It is 5 cm across the trunk. The bark is light. The branches are 4 sided. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets are 3-10 cm long by 2-5 cm wide. They have a hairy covering underneath. The leaves are light green. The leaf stalks are 2-6 cm long. The flowers are creamy white. The fruit are green to brown. They are 6-9 mm long by 4-8 mm wide. Edible flower.
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.05
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 5.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. In China in southern Yunnan is grows in dry hillsides between 580-1,400 m altitude.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are roasted and have the flavour of broad beans.
Uses food fuel material medicinal
Edible flowers fruits
Therapeutic use Abortive (unspecified)
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Distribution

Vitex vestita world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Vitex vestita threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77149117-1
WFO ID wfo-0000333537
COL ID 7G5D6
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Synonyms

Vitex vestita f. winkleri Vitex finlaysoniana Vitex vestita Vitex neglecta Vitex vestita var. brevituba Vitex vestita var. siamica Vitex vestita f. glabrescens Vitex vestita f. quinquefoliolata