Vitex oxycuspis
Baker
LamiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in secondary jungle. In Nigeria it is recorded at 1,440 m above sea level.
Africa, Angola, Central Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West Africa,
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 tree. It grows 11 m high. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. They are arranged like fingers on a hand. The leaflets are oval or wedge shaped with irregular teeth. They are 15-20 cm long and about 7-10 cm wide.
Notes
Also put in the family Verbenaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Bli, Bliassua, Bugidi, Kpar seh, Ojikanaba, Paintu
References (3)
- Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
- Chapman, J. D. & Chapman, H. M., 2001, The Forest Flora of Taraba and Andamawa States, Nigeria. WWF & University of Canterbury. p 207
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
