Vitex - Puriri, Vitex Agnus-Castus, Vitex Negundo, Vitex Keniensis, Vitex Gaumeri, Vitex Parviflora, Vitex Yaundensis, Vitex Lehmbachii (Paperback)

Chapters: Puriri, Vitex Agnus-Castus, Vitex Negundo, Vitex Keniensis, Vitex Gaumeri, Vitex Parviflora, Vitex Yaundensis, Vitex Lehmbachii, Vitex Zanzibarensis, Vitex Longisepala, Vitex Urceolata, Vitex Cooperi, Vitex Kuylenii, Vitex Ajugaeflora, Vitex Heptaphylla, Vitex Amaniensis, Vitex Evoluta, Vitex Acunae, Vitex Cofassus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 52. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Puriri (Vitex lucens) is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand. (The genus Vitex, formerly assigned to family Verbenaceae, has recently been reassigned to family Lamiaceae.) Puriri was first collected at Tolaga Bay by Banks and Solander during Cook's first visit in 1769. The plant was excellently described by Solander in his manuscript "Primitae Florae Novae Zelandiae" under the name Ephielis pentaphylla, and a drawing of considerable artistic merit was also prepared. The next botanist to notice puriri, Allan Cunningham, did not do so until 1826 when he observed it on "the rocky shores of Bay of Islands, growing frequently within the range of salt water." Cunningham named it Vitex littoralis, correctly assigning it to the Vitex genus but overlooking that littoralis had been used for a Malayan species 4 years earlier. Kirk proposed V. lucens in 1897 after attention had been drawn to the fact that V. littoralis was taken. The Maori name of this tree is 'priri' or sometimes 'kauere' . The common name in English is usually 'puriri', although 'New Zealand mahogany' and 'New Zealand teak' occur in older printed sources, especially in reference to the timber. A large puriri near Ruapekapeka, NorthlandThe Puriri tree can grow up to 20 m tall, with a trunk commonly up to 1.5 m in diameter, frequently thicker, and a broad spreading crown. The thin bark is usually smooth and light brown in colour, ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=147980