Vitex trifolia L.
var. bicolor (Willd.) Moldenke

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Photo: Mark Hyde
Caribbea Bay, Kariba, cottages

Synonyms:	Vitex bicolor Willd. Vitex negundo L.
Common names:	Indian lilac (English) Simple-leaf chaste-tree (English)
Description:	Shrub to 3 m. Leaves 3-foliolate below, often 1-foliolate towards the stem apices. Leaflets discolourous, glabrous above, tomentose below, usually variegated. Inflorescences of compound panicles, terminal or axillary in the upper leaf axils. Flowers blue.
Notes:	This shrub is commonly planted in Zimbabwean gardens and does not generally appear to escape. However, we have one record (no. 102428 dated 22 August 2009) where it appeared to be very well naturalised on a slope below the gardens of the Caribbaea Bay Hotel near Kariba.
Derivation of specific name:	trifolia: leaves with 3 leaflets (although often only 1 in this species)
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Native to the Indian subcontinent and SE Asia; possibly also native in East Africa.
Growth form(s):
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Tuesday 6 August 2019
Literature:	Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Page 74.

Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Vitex trifolia var. bicolor
Flora of Zimbabwe: Vitex trifolia var. bicolor

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