Lamiaceae FAMILY Vulnerable

Vitex lanigera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Vitex lanigera is a shrub or a tree that can grow up to 10 metres tall with a whitish trunk, 3 - 4 meters high, up to 30cm in diameter[ 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Although Vitex lanigera occurs in at least one protected area, its habitat is subject to a continuing decline as a result of deforestation by logging, uncontrolled annual fire, charcoal production, wood collection and conversion to cropland. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - central Madagascar

HabitatHumid and dry forest and wooded grassland, usually on laterites or granite; at elevations from 150 - 1,348 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ].