Vitex amaniensis

W. Piep.

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 has been recorded at about 1,100 m in Zimbabwe.

Africa, East Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe,

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 up to 20 m tall. The bark is white or pale brown. The leaf stalk is 9-15 cm long. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The leaflets are 10-20 cm long by 5-7 cm wide. The middle leaflet is the largest. The flowering shoots are in the axils of the leaves and 7-11 cm long. They are slender with a few flowers. The fruit is fleshy and 1.4 cm long by 1 cm wide.