Vitex longisepala (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
Vitex longisepala King & Gamble
- Protologue: Kew Bull.: 112 (1908).
Vernacular names
- Malaysia: leban bunga, leban kunyit, halban (Peninsular).
Distribution
Peninsular Malaysia.
Uses
The timber is only available in small dimensions, and used locally, e.g. for utensils.
Observations
A small to medium-sized tree, bole often crooked; leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets pubescent and glandular below; inflorescence axillary; calyx lobes subequal, c. 6 mm long, corolla yellow; fruit ovoid, c. 7.5 mm long, becoming black when mature. V. longisepala is widely distributed in Peninsular Malaysia, mainly in montane forest.
Selected sources
78, 341, 441, 705.