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Vitex madiensis
milanjiensis
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Drawing
Lusaka 1976
Patricia Bingham
Drawing
Lusaka 1976
Patricia Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
May 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
Oct 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Protea Hill Farm
Oct 2008
Photo: Mike Bingham
Katanga Province, DRC
Nov 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Dec 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
May 2009
Photo: Jos Stevens
Habit
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Leaf
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
Fruit
Brachystegia woodland
Tondwa GMA, Nsama District
Mar 2024
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Vitex epidictyodes Mildbr. ex W. Piep. Vitex golungensis Baker Vitex madiensis Oliv. var. epidictyodes (W. Piep.) Verdc. Vitex madiensis Oliv. var. milanjiensis (Britten) W. Piep. Vitex milanjiensis Britten Vitex seineri Gürke ex W. Piep. Vitex sp. no. 1 sensu Drummond (1975) |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Sometimes a shrub or small tree, often a suffrutex, less than 50 cm. Growing tips covered in long tawny hairs. Leaves digitately compound with 5 leaflets. Leaflets obovate, the lower leaflets markedly smaller, dark green above, very rough to the tough; paler below with softer hairs; apex rounded to square, often with a short and abrupt point. Flowers in axillary heads, white with a pale blue to deep mauve lip; calyx lobes densely covered in tawny hairs. Fruit ellipsoid-oblong, fleshy, pendulous on long stalks, black, often spotted white, cupped in the persistent calyx. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
| Notes: | See subsp. madiensis for comparison. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Dense woodland on Kalahari Sand, miombo woodland, mixed deciduous woodland and wooded grassland. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1540 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,Lp,Lk,S |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Tuesday 30 July 2024 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 192. Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 858. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 983. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 79. Fernandes, R. (2005). Lamiaceae (subfamilies: Viticoideae and Ajugoideae) Flora Zambesiaca 8(7) Pages 83 - 85. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 57. |
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Flora of Mozambique: Vitex madiensis subsp. milanjiensis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Vitex madiensis subsp. milanjiensis
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Vitex madiensisAfrican Plant Database: Vitex madiensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Vitex madiensis
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JSTOR Plant Science: Vitex madiensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Vitex madiensis
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