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cm wide, opposite, elliptic-oblong, acute or subobtuse, distally crenate-serrate, decurrent
on the petiole, flat, pale, somewhat glossy, silvery- or irridescent-green, lateral nerves
not prominent dorsally; inflorescences, erect, elongated purplish spikes, 15 to 40 cm
long; individual flowers, axillary to a bract, a few opening at a time, evanescent and
soon caducous, sessile; bracts, 4 to 5 mm long, with a scarious margin; calyx, dorsally
compressed, 4- to 5-toothed; corolla, 5 to 10 mm long and 4 to 12 mm wide tubular, 5-
lobed, pubescent internally, pale violet to purple or whitish; fertile stamens 2, included;
fruit, 4 to 5 lnln long, 2-segmented, enclosed in the calyx. Weed reported present by
Burges in 1935, but not reported since. 2.
Stachytarpheta urticifolia Sims "blue rat tail", "false verbena"
edidubai, edidubaiy (N) ; te uti ("liceW)(K)
syn. C)lmburus urticifolius Salisb.
Pre World War I1 introduction. Trop. America. Common. Erect, sparsely-
branching perennial subshrub, 0.5 to 1.5 m high; leaves, 4 to 12 cm long and 2 to 7.5
cm wide, opposite, decussate, ovate-elliptic or ovate, acute or subobtuse, base cuneate-
decurrent, distally crenate-serrate, leaf teeth ciliate, rich green, subglossy, pinnately
nerved, lateral nerves prominent dorsally, bullate (convex between the veins); inflores-
cences, erect, elongated, greenish spikes, 14 to 50 cm long, bearing numerous flowers in
groove-like depressions on the rachis; peduncle up to 3 cm long; individual flowers,
axillary to a bract, a few opening at a time, evanescent and soon caducous, sessile;
bracts, 4 to 7 lnln long, erect, lanceolate, aristate at apex; calyx, 5 to 7 mm long,
dorsally compressed, 4- to 5-toothed; corolla, up to 8 mm long, tubular, 5-lobed,
pubescent internally, medium violet to dark blue-violet; fertile stamens 2, included,
white; style, white; fruit, 2-segmented pyrene, enclosed in a persistent calyx. Common
weed in waste places and ruderal habitats, especially along roadsides. Mature dried black
fruits reportedly eaten by some children. 3(58632), 4(109N), 5(12), 6, 7, 8(9543).
Vitex negundo L. var. bicolor (Willd.) H.J. Lam
dagaidu, dogaidu (N); te kaitu? (K)
syn. V. trifolia. L. var. bicolor (Willd.) Mold.
"blue vitex"
Indigenous. E. Africa to the Pacific Is. Occasional. Erect, aromatic, freely-
branching shrub or small tree, 1.5 to 8 m high, with 4-angled puberulent branches;
leaves, opposite, 3- to 5- (rarely 7-) foliate; leaflets, oblong-elliptic to ovate-lanceolate,
acute to subacuminate, the central one longest, up to 11 cm and 3 cm wide, with
petiolules up to 1 to 2 cm long, the other leaflets smaller on shorter petiolules, pinnately
nerved, dark above, densely white-tornentose beneath, aromatic; petioles, 2.5 to 6 cm
ry, rrdrrmv, brarrctrmg,
clusters; calyx, about 3 lnln long, 5-toothed, gray-puberulent; corolla, about 4 mm long,
bilabiate, 5-lobed, blue-violet, puberulent; filaments and style blue to purple; fruit, 5 to 6
mm long, subglobose drupe, 1-seeded, black. Occasional in some forest stands on coastal