7186.000 Vitex L.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Stems usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3, (1-)3-7-foliolate. Cymes mostly dichasial, short and dense to open and spreading, bracts often well developed. Corolla white and/or coloured, mostly shades of blue, lilac or mauve, ± zygomorphic; limb spreading ± 2-lipped. Stamens 4, didynamous. Drupes fleshy; fruiting calyx usually accrescent, plate-like or cup-shaped.

Worldwide: 250 species occurring in tropical and temperate regions

Zimbabwe: 12 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
amaniensis W. Piep.	E	Description
buchananii Baker ex Gürke	E	Description, Image
doniana Sweet	E	Description, Image
ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn.	E,S	Description, Image
madiensis Oliv. subsp. madiensis	E	Description
madiensis Oliv. subsp. milanjiensis (Britten) F. White	E	Description, Image
mombassae Vatke	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
patula E.A. Bruce	W,E,S	Description
payos (Lour.) Merr.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
petersiana Klotzsch	N,W,E,S	Description, Image
schliebenii Moldenke	W,E	Description, Image
trifolia L. var. bicolor (Willd.) Moldenke		Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Vitex
Flora of Caprivi: Vitex
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Vitex
Flora of Malawi: Vitex
Flora of Mozambique: Vitex
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Vitex
Flora of Zambia: Vitex
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Vitex

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vitex
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vitex
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Vitex
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Vitex
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iNaturalist: Vitex
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Vitex
JSTOR Plant Science: Vitex
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vitex
Plants of the World Online: Vitex
Tropicos: Vitex
Wikipedia: Vitex