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Vitex payos
Also called Chocolate Berry
Vitex payos is a species of shrub or tree in the family of Lamiaceae which has a native range in southern Africa stretching from Angola to Kenya. It bears fruits with edible pulp which have a taste often compared to chocolate.
In English it is commonly known as the black plum or chocolate berry. Common names in other languages and dialects include:
Vitex acunae · Chaste-tree · Vitex ajugiflora · Vitex altissima · Vitex amaniensis · New Guinea Teak · Cuajado fiddlewood · Guayacán · Higuerillo · Black Plum · Walking lady · Vitex gigantea
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vitex payos by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
