Nubia (Wadi Omari); Red Sea Prov. (Suakin, Sinkat, Jebel Waratab & 21°
N.L.); Kordofan Prov. (Melbes, Abu Haraza, Abu Snun, Wadi Taiara &
between Obeid Ogari & El Mareikib & Melbes); White Nile Prov. (J.
Arashkol).
Fruit eaten.
698 =Vitex tangensis= _Gürke._
Shrub or small tree, clothed with yellowish hairs. Leaves opp.,
digitately 3-fol.; leaflets 2-3 in. long, oblong-lanceolate. Cymes
corymbose, axillary; calyx campanulate, 5-toothed; cor. tube twice
length of calyx, limb patent, white (?); st. 4, exserted. Fr. globose, 1
in. diam.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (between Wau & Chakchak).
=V. madiensis= _Oliv._
Tree. Leaves opp., simple or 3-5 fol., glabrous above, hairy beneath;
leaflets obovate-cuneate, crenate in upper half, 5-6 in. cymes; calyx
5-toothed, minute; cor. ¼ in. long, limb long; pet. 3-4 in. long. Fl. in
axillary, corymbose, hairy patent. Fr. edible, size of a small plum.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas & Kutshook Ali’s Zariba, Dinka-
land, Mittu-land: Mvolo, Niamniam-land); Bahr El Jebel (Madi).
Fruit edible.
=V. Schweinfurthii= _Baker._
Tree; extremities drab pubescent. Leaves simple or 3-fol.; leaflets
obovate-cuneate, up to 6 in. long; main petiole 2-3 in. long. Cymes lax,
axillary; bracts large, linear. Fl. much as above.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (Talodi); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur: Jur Ghattas & Gir &
Dinka-land: Lau).
=V. Cienkowskii= _Kotschy_ & _Peyr._ ABDUGULGUL, UMDIGULGUL or GULGUL
(Baggara), ZEITUN (Bahr El Ghazal Prov.), or KURAIN—Arab; KLURUF (J.
Daier), TIDOGI & MADIMU (J. Eliri)—Nuba; KONINK (Bahr El Ghazal)—Dinka;
ORO—Golo; YALAH—Jur.
Large tree. Leaves 5-fol., glabrous; leaflets obovate-cuneate, up to 6
in. long, distinctly petioled; main pet. 2-3 in. long. Cymes dense,
axillary, long peduncled; calyx 5-toothed, minute; cor. yellowish-brown,
ab. ½ in. long, limb obliquely patent. Fr. size of a cherry, edible.
Fung Prov. (Fazoghli); Kordofan Prov.; Nuba Mts. Prov.; Upper White Nile
Prov. (mouth of Bahr El Ghazal); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Dinka-land,
between Wau & Chak Chak, & Tonj; Jur: Jur Ghattas); Bahr El Jebel
(Madi).
Wood white, light. Fruit eaten and when roasted is said to be a
substitute for tea.
699 =Clerodendron acerbianum= _Boiss._
Riverside shrub; bark grey and rough; extremities, leaves and infl.
grey-woolly. Leaves 2-4-nate, ovate, rounded or slightly cordate at
base, 2-3 in. long. Fl. in dense terminal and axillary clusters; bracts
linear, ¾ in. long; calyx ¾ in. long, 5-lobed; cor. white, tube 1 in.
long, lobes 5, ovate, ⅙ in. long; st. 4, exserted. Fr. somewhat like a
black-berry, not edible.
Berber Prov. (Mograd Island); Fung Prov. (Bunzaga & Jongol’s Post);
White Nile Prov. (Jebelein to Sobat); Sobat River (near Nasser).
=C. Schweinfurthii= _Gürke._
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