Vitex mombassae Vatke

mombassae: of Mombassa on the Kenyan coast, where the type specimen was found

Shrub or sometimes a small tree. Bark grey to brown, peeling in strips; growing tips densely covered in orange-tawny hairs. Leaves aromatic when crushed, essentially 5-foliolate but often with outer leaflets deformed or not developed and appearing 3-foliolate. Central leaflet elliptic to somewhat obovate, usually c. 6 × 4 cm but sometimes larger, yellowish-green, with short soft hairs above, more densely hairy below; margin entire; petiolules usually absent, rarely very short on the central leaflet. Petiole 4-9 cm long, with soft tawny hairs. Flowers in few-flowered, axillary heads, obscurely 2-lipped, pale blue or mauve and white to cream; calyx lobes and stalks covered in long tawny hairs. Fruit ellipsoid to almost round, c. 2 × 1.5 cm, fleshy, dark-brown to black, held in the enlarged calyx.

Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Burundi, DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, South Africa

Die Stinkbessievingerblaar (Vitex mombassae) is 'n klein boompie wat hoofsaaklik op Kalaharisand in die noorde van Botswana en sentrale deel van Zimbabwe voorkom. Die blare is geelgroen met prominente are en is bedek met kort hare wat die digste aan die onderkant is. Die blare kan 3-5 pinnas hê met dun blaarstele en die onderste pinnas kan klein of afwesig wees.

Vitex mombassae là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa môi. Loài này được Vatke miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1882.