Vitex rehmannii
Gurke
Pipe-stem tree
LamiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows on sandstone and deep sands.
Africa, East Africa, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
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.
Notes
Also put in the family Verbenaceae.
Names & Synonyms
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.
