Vitex yunnanensis W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Vitex

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1-5 m tall. Branchlets and peduncles densely minutely tomentose when young, subglabrescent. Leaves 3-or 5-foliolate; petiole 1-6 cm, yellow-brown minutely tomentose; petiolules 2-4 mm; leaflets elliptic-oblong, ovate-oblong, or ovate, abaxially greenish to yellowish green and yellow glandular pilose on veins, adaxially green and sparsely yellow glandular pubescent on veins, base broadly cuneate to subrounded, margin subentire and usually ciliate, apex acuminate, acute, or obtuse; central leaflet 2.5-5.5 cm. Cymes 3-7-flowered; peduncle shorter than petioles. Calyx campanulate, ca. 3 mm, minutely 5-dentate, teeth broadly triangular, outside pilose and glandular. Corolla white flushed with pink or blue, to 1.7 cm; tube ventricose, outside puberulent and glandular, villous at insertion of filaments. Stamens slightly exserted. Ovary and style glabrous. Fruit globose, ca. 1 cm in diam. Fl. and fr. May-Nov.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-5 m tall. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are oblong and greenish yellow underneath. The central leaflet is 3-6 cm long. The flowers are in groups of 3-7. The flowers are white flushed with pink or blue. The fruit is round and 1 cm across.
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It is a subtropical plant. It grows on mountain slopes in mixed forests between 1,800-3,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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The fruit are eaten as a snack.
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Edible fruits
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Distribution

Vitex yunnanensis world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Vitex yunnanensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:866074-1
WFO ID wfo-0000333555
COL ID 5BLF4
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Synonyms

Vitex yunnanensis