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Vitex thyrsiflora

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Baker

Common Names

• Ndombi (Bambindjere)
• Njekwe (Zaire)

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest edge
• forest

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Liana, undershrub or tree with glabrous branchlets. 5-foliolate leaves 200mm x 85mm glabrous above pubescent beneath. White & purple flowers in terminal panicles to 200mm long with small bracts, calyx 4mm long with small teeth, corolla tube 8mm long with lip 2mm long , orange fruit.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• Talbot