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Vitex trifolia ssp. litoralis

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Steenis

Common Names

• Agubarau
• Beech Vitex
• Daldaláki
• Dancundi
• Danglá-ti-baybai
• Dunglá
• Kolokolo Kahakai
• Lagunding Gapang
• Paak Pui Man King
• Polinalina
• Si Saw
• So Pa
• Vulokaka

Geographical Habitats

• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• Western Australia - Australia
• Borneo
• Taiwan - China
• Bengal - India
• Java
• Lesser Sunda Islands
• Maluku
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Bonin Islands
• Honshu
• Kyushu
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shikoku - Japan
• Korea
• Pahang
• Sarawak - Malaysia
• Mauritius
• New Caledonia
• New Guinea
• Philippines
• Samoa
• Singapore
• Society Islands
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Hawaii - USA
• Vanuatu
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Coastal

Flowering Times

• Feb-Dec (Philippines) All year (Java)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Dec (Philippines)

Prostrate, sprawling, creeping, sometimes scandent very aromatic shrub to 3m. 1-3 foliolate puberulent leaves, leaflets to 45mm x 35mm, entire or sometimes 2-3 lobed, white-tomentose beneath. Terminal or axillary panicles to 90mm x 40mm with 1-4 flowered cymes, flowers with white-puberulent bracts & bractlets to 3mm long. Fragrant or odourless flowers, calyx to 5mm x 3.5mm, blue, lavender-blue, faintly purple or purple corolla 30mm long with tube to 12mm long with white hairs outside, lower lip expanded into a tongue 6mm long. Blue, red or black corky drupe to 4mm x 7mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew