Premna chrysoclada

(Boj.) Gurke

Lamiaceae Edible: Fruit

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Description

A shrub or small tree. It can grow 6 m tall. The branches have a velvety or rusty coating. The leaves are opposite and are vary in shape. They are 2-10 cm long by 1-6 cm wide. They are broadly wedge shaped or rounded at the base. The fruit are purplish-black and 5-6 mm long.

Edible Uses

The fruit are edible.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands.

Where It Grows

Africa, East Africa, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Tanzania,

Notes

Also put in the family Verbenaceae.

Synonyms

Premna zanzibarensis VatkeVitex chrysoclada Bojer

Also Known As

Mvuma

References (6)

East African Herbarium records, 1981,
Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 47
Mutie, F. M., et al, 2023, Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches. Plants 2023, 12, 1145
Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 198
Reis, S. V. and Lipp, F. L., 1982, New Plant Sources for Drugs and Foods from the New York Botanical Garden herbarium. Harvard. p 253

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