Vitex gigantea

Botanical Description

Vitex gigantea is a tree growing up to 10 metres tall[ 504 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 24 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington. Year 1931 ISBN Description A treatment of the edible fruits of Ecuador is jut one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for mainly local used as a food and source of a good quality wood. It is cultivated for its fruit in Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. The fruit is sold in local markets[ 504 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 24 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington. Year 1931 ISBN Description A treatment of the edible fruits of Ecuador is jut one of the articles in this publication. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. Vitex gigantea has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' 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. ].