Vitex yunnanensis
W. W. Sm.
LamiaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The round fruit, about 1 cm across, are eaten as a snack.
Where to Find It
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.
Asia, China, Himalayas, Tibet,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
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.
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
