Native to Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Gereau, R 7040

January 26, 2008

Location

Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya

-8.8275, 33.263889

Location Remarks

Pungaluma Hills, NE of Mshewe Village, above Utengule Coffee Estate factory in miombo woodland on W-facing slope. 1550 m elev.

Collectors

Roy E. Gereau, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Two-stemmed tree 4 m high. Fruit dark green with lighter green spots.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Vitex

Specific Epithet

fischeri

Authorship

Gürke

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.4

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#275,504 of 335,497

Top 83%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →