Vitex rotundifolia L. f.

Beach Vitex


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Vitex rotundifolia L. f.

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Vitex rotundifolia L. f.
Vitex rotundifolia L. f.
Vitex rotundifolia L. f.
Vitex rotundifolia L. f.
Vitex rotundifolia L. f.
Vitex rotundifolia L. f.

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Source and Additional Information
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Editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
Citation
Flora of China Vol. 17: 30 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.

Medicinal.

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Editor
Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
Citation
Flora of China Vol. 17: 30 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.

Shrubs, prostrate. Stems prostrate to creeping, rooting at nodes; branchlets silky tomentose when young. Leaves mostly 1(-3)-foliolate, sessile or short petiolate; blade obovate-spatulate, ovate-elliptic, broadly oblong-elliptic, or circular, 2.5-5 X 1.5-3 cm, abaxially velvety to minutely silky tomentose, adaxially usually pale dull green and pubescent, base attenuate to rounded, margin entire, apex abruptly subacuminate to rounded. Inflorescences terminal thyrses, 3-10 X 1-2.5 cm. Calyx cup-shaped, 4-5 mm, slightly 2-lipped, 5-denticulate, outside minutely silky tomentose and glandular, inside glabrous. Corolla purplish mauve to lilac blue, salverform, outside minutely silky tomentose and glandular, villous in tube and inside on lower half of large anterior lobe of lower lip. Stamens and style exserted. Ovary globose, glabrous, densely glandular. Fruit dark brown when dry, globose. Fl. Jul-Sep, fr. Sep-Nov.
"Vitex rotundifolia L. f.". Encyclopedia of Life, available from "http://www.eol.org/pages/484253". Accessed 22 Mar 2010.