Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr.
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https://doi.org/ 10.5091/plecevo.2018.1504 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7643201 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D15322-0059-1E47-FCD5-56B9FEAAFD92 |
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Diego |
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Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr. |
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14. Vitex payos (Lour.) Merr. View in CoL View at ENA
( Merrill 1935: 334); Moldenke (1957: 45); Verdcourt (1992: 63); ( Beentje 1994: 623); Lebrun & Stork (1997: 525); van Wyk & van Wyk (1997: 478); ( Sales 2001: 200; 2005: 86); Coates Palgrave & Coates Palgrave (2005: 985); Cabral (2013: 238); Meerts (2016: 231), nom. conserv.
– Type: Tanzania, Tanga, Jan. 1893, Volkens 1 (neo-: BM barcode BM000839710 designated by Verdcourt (1989) ; isoneo-: E00193459) .
A shrub. Young twigs with woolly fulvous tomentum. Leaves 5-foliolate, petiolule 0; lamina rounded at tip, softly pubescent above, strongly discolorous, greyish floccosetomentose beneath. Inflorescence of dichasia, greyish-beige tomentose; calyx 3–4 mm, greyish-beige tomentose; corolla 6–8 mm, whitish-mauve; stamens included, ovary hairy. Fruit 14–30 mm long.
Distribution – From Kenya southwards to Zimbabwe, and westwards to Angola.
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