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Vitex fischeri, RGereau7040--Tanz. Mbeya Rural Distr. Utengule Coffee Lodge. 26 Jan 08. 159.jpg
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Native to Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 2 countries.
Vitex fischeri
var. keniensis
Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO
Identified as
Vitex fischeri var. keniensis
Location
Kenya (Nairobi Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
Part of the National Museums of Kenya, Museum Hill Rd. and Kipande Rd., Nairobe.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Tanzania, Mbeya, Mbeya (Mshewe)
-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.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Lamiales
Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Vitex
Specific Epithet
fischeri
Authorship
Gürke
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
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#275,504 of 335,497
Top 83%
Extinction probability
6%
