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Genus: Vitex
Life
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Chloroplastida
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About 250 species,
distributed in tropical and temperate regions, with 18 species found in
southern Africa. Formerly placed in the family Verbenaceae.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Vitex amaniensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Vitex angolensis
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Vitex buchananii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Vitex doniana
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Vitex harveyana |
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Vitex ferruginea
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Vitex harveyana
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Vitex madiensis
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Vitex mombassae
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Vitex obovata |
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Vitex patula |
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Vitex payos
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Vitex petersiana
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Vitex pooara |
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Vitex rehmannii |
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Vitex schliebenii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
See
Flora of Zimbabwe.
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Vitex trifolia
Recorded from Zimbabwe.
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Vitex zeyheri |
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Herbivores
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