Vitex parviflora Juss., Lamiaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Risk assessment results:  High risk, score: 9 (Go to the risk assessment)

Common name(s): [more details]

Chamorro: lagundi

English: molave, small-leaved vitex, smallflower chastetree

Other: molauin

Habit:  shrub/tree

Description:  "A tree or shrub; leaves of 3 leaflets, main petiole 2-10 cm long, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 6-15 cm long, glabrous or fine-puberulent dorsally only on the midrib, petiolules 8-25 mm long; panicles terminal and upper-axillary; to 20 cm long; calyx-tube 2 mm, corolla-tube 5-6 mm long; filaments basally hairy; ovary glabrous or distally with a few hairs; drupe glabrate" (Stone, 1970; p. 509).

Habitat/ecology:  In dry thickets, common and widely distributed in the Philippines (Merrill, 1912; p. 404).

Propagation:  Bird-dispersed seed (Staples et al., 2000; p. 31).

Native range:  Philippines.

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island	introduced	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 509)
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 239)
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island		Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1968) (voucher ID: BISH 81863) Taxon name on voucher: Vitex parviflora Juss.
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island		Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1962) (voucher ID: BISH 188001) Taxon name on voucher: Vitex parviflora Juss.
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island		Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1978) (voucher ID: BISH 652461) Taxon name on voucher: Vitex parviflora Juss.
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island		Bishop Museum (Honolulu) (1954) (voucher ID: BISH 652462) Taxon name on voucher: Vitex parviflora Juss.
Guam Guam Island	Guam Island		National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1978) (voucher ID: PTBG 22231) Taxon name on voucher: Vitex parviflora
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian Islands	introduced cultivated	Staples, George W./Herbst, Derral/Imada, Clyde T. (2000) (p. 31)
State of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands	O‘ahu Island	introduced invasive cultivated	Frohlich, Danielle/Lau, Alex (2008) (p. 10) Voucher cited: D. Frohlich & A. Lau 2007111501 (BISH)
New Guinea (Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) New Guinea Island	New Guinea Island	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Palau Palau (Belau ) (main island group)	Malakal (Ngemelachel) Island	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 239) Toirechuil (Tor uil) Island (between Koror and Malakal
Philippines Philippine Islands	Philippine Islands	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Philippines Philippine Islands	Philippine Islands	native	Merrill, Elmer D. (1923) (pp. 395-396) Common in both secondary and open primary forests at low altitudes.

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Indonesia Indonesia	Indonesia (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Malaysia Malaysia	Malaysia (country of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Thailand Thailand	Thailand (Kingdom of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)

Comments:  Introduced to Guam and invasive there.

Control:  If you know of control methods for Vitex parviflora, please let us know.