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Vitex strickeri

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Vatke & Hildebrandt

Common Names

• Mhamu (Tanzania)
• Mkungulungo
• Mugombo
• Mukakinga
• Mukichano

Geographical Habitats

• Kenya
• Tanzania
• Uganda

Natural Habitats

• Grassland
• forest
• thickets
• forest edge
• coastal
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• July-Sep
• Dec Tanzania) feb (Uganda)

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jun
• July (Tanzania)

Liana to 15m or scrambling shrub or tree, aromatic plant with brown-pubescent branchlets. 3-foliolate leaves. Green to brown 5-lobed calyx, corolla white to cream or pink. Cream or yellow edible fruit with reddish flush.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke