Vitex yunnanensis

Description

A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-5 m tall. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are oblong and greenish yellow underneath. The central leaflet is 3-6 cm long. The flowers are in groups of 3-7. The flowers are white flushed with pink or blue. The fruit is round and 1 cm across.

Edible Uses

The round fruit, about 1 cm across, are eaten as a snack.

Traditional Uses

The fruit are eaten as a snack.

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Distribution

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on mountain slopes in mixed forests between 1,800-3,500 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.

Where It Grows

Asia, China, Himalayas, Tibet,

Notes

Also put in the family Verbenaceae.

References (1)

• Weckerle, C. S., et al, 2006, Plant Knowledge of the Shuhi in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China. Economic Botany 60(1):2-23

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