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Lamiaceae

Plum fingerleaf

Vitex ferruginea Schumach. & Thonn.

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Vitex

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Plum fingerleaf: Vitex ferruginea , shoot with flowers; Tembe Elephant Park, Maputaland, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Afrikaans
Pruimvingerblaar
English
Plum fingerleaf
Zulu
Umbendula, Umphenduka

Synonyms

  • Vitex amboniensis Gürke
  • Vitex amboniensis var. amaniensis W.Piep.
  • Vitex amboniensis var. schlechteri W.Piep.
  • Vitex bracteosa Mildbr.
  • Vitex dryadum S.Moore
  • Vitex ferruginea subsp. amboniensis (Gürke) Verdc.
  • Vitex ferruginea var. amaniensis (W.Piep.) Verdc.
  • Vitex ferruginea var. amboniensis (Gürke) Verdc.
  • Vitex fosteri C.H.Wright
  • Vitex guerkeana H.Pearson
  • Vitex laevigata Baker
  • Vitex laurentii De Wild.
  • Vitex lomiensis Mildbr.
  • Vitex oxycuspis var. mossambicensis Moldenke
  • Vitex pearsonii W.Piep.
  • Vitex polyantha Baker
  • Vitex swynnertonii S.Moore
  • Vitex tangensis Gürke
  • Vitex welwitschii Gürke
  • Vitex welwitschii var. laurentii (De Wild.) W.Piep.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.