Vitex rehmannii

Gurke

Pipe-stem tree

Lamiaceae Edible: Fruit 261 iNaturalist observations

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Description

A small tree. It has a single stem and many branches. It grows 2-9 m tall. The leaves are compound. There are 3-5 leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand.

Edible Uses

The fruit is eaten.

Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows on sandstone and deep sands.

Where It Grows

Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,

Notes

Also put in the family Verbenaceae.

Also Known As

Bufufu, Manohani, Mbhindvongo, Mokele, Mokwele, Tibhindvolo, Umduli, Umluthu

References (2)

Long, C., 2005, Swaziland's Flora - siSwati names and Uses http://www.sntc.org.sz/flora/
Nyiligera, E., 2004, A Phytochemical and Pharmacological Investigation of South African Vitex Species. M. Sc thesis University of Witwatersrand.