Vasilis Teodoridis:
Verbenaceae | Vitex
5. Vitex quinata (Loureiro) Williams; Bull. Herb. Boissier; sér. 2. 5: 431. 1905.
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Trees 4-12 m tall; evergreen; bark brown. Branchlets pubescent and glandular when young; glabrescent. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petiole 2.5-6 cm; petiolules 0.5-2 cm; leaflets obovate-elliptic to obovate or oblong to elliptic; thickly papery; both surfaces shiny; abaxially yellow glandular; base cuneate; margin entire or sometimes apically crenulate dentate; apex acuminate; acute; or obtuse; central leaflet 5-20 2.5-8.5 cm. Panicles terminal; lax; 9-18 cm; densely yellowish brown pubescent. Calyx 2-3 mm; rudimentarily dentate; densely yellowish brown pubescent; glandular. Corolla yellowish; 6-8 mm; 2-lipped; 5-lobed; outside pubescent and glandular. Stamens exserted. Ovary glandular. Fruiting calyx truncate. Fruit black; obovoid to globose; ca. 8 mm in diam. Fl. May-Jul; fr. Aug-Sep.
200-1700 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hunan; Jiangxi; Taiwan; Xizang; Yunnan; Zhejiang [India; Indonesia; Japan; Malaysia; Philippines; Thailand]