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Vitex mombassae

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
Links to other databases
Genome
Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Internal ID UUID643ff09c1e0a7839238896
Scientific name Vitex mombassae
Authority Vatke
First published in Linnaea 43: 533 (1882)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Vitex flavescens Rolfe Bol. Soc. Brot. 11: 87 (1893)
Vitex flavescens var. parviflora Gibbs J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 463. 1906
Vitex goetzei Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 464 (1900)
Vitex mechowii Gürke Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 167 (1893)
Vitex mombassae var. erythrocarpa W.Piep. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 141: 68. 1928
Vitex mombassae var. parviflora (Gibbs) G.Piep. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 62(141): 68 1928
Vitex mufutu De Wild. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 142 (1914)

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Language Common/alternative name
English pooraberry
English smelly vitex
Afrikaans poerabessie
Afrikaans stinkbessievingerblaar

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000333282
Tropicos 33701830
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:865879-1
The Plant List kew-213632
Open Tree Of Life 6086809
NCBI Taxonomy 1899154
IUCN Red List 147270371
IPNI 865879-1
iNaturalist 596034
GBIF 3904169

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
An ethnobotanical study of wild edible fruits in miombo woodlands of Tabora region in Western Tanzania Mgalula ME J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 25-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10895781
doi:10.1186/s13002-024-00668-x
PMID:38403583
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Smallholders’ knowledge about healing goat gastrointestinal parasite infections with wild plants in southern DR Congo Mavungu GN, Mutombo CS, Numbi DM, Nsenga SN, Muyumba WN, Pongombo CS, Bakari SA, Nachtergael A, Vandenput S, Okombe VE, Duez P Front Pharmacol 01-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10016610
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1124267
PMID:36937835
Changes in tree structure, composition and soil in different disturbance categories in Miombo and agroecosystems in Malawi, central Africa Nyirenda H Heliyon 16-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9508568
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e10664
PMID:36164510
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Ethnopharmacological Survey of Plants Used in the Traditional Treatment of Gastrointestinal Pain, Inflammation and Diarrhea in Africa: Future Perspectives for Integration into Modern Medicine Stark TD, Mtui DJ, Balemba OB Animals (Basel) 04-Mar-2013
PMCID:PMC4495512
doi:10.3390/ani3010158
PMID:26487315

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