Vitex payos

Chocolate-berry

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

Shrub

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Identity and native distribution

Family

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Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

Africa

Environmental usesFuelGene sourcesHuman foodMaterialsMedicinal use

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	17.65 – 28.23	18.31 – 27.51
Temperature of the warmest month	25.13 – 34.87	25.67 – 34.47
Temperature of the coldest month	8.05 – 21.65	8.11 – 21.15
Annual precipitation	406.1 – 1881.56	478.58 – 1848.56
Precipitation seasonality	22.7 – 123.14	27.5 – 121.26

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	4.61 – 29.36	6 – 23.15
Clay	%	12.41 – 41.8	16 – 36
Coarse fragments	%	0.7 – 19.36	1.45 – 11.25
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.55 – 3.5	0.65 – 1.84
pH	—	4.5 – 8.09	4.8 – 7.8
Sand	%	27.83 – 82.56	39.8 – 77.42
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	6.71 – 44.24	8.85 – 23.25

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.