Vitex floridula

Botanical Description

Vitex floridula is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing up to 20 metres tall with a straight bole that can be 100cm in diameter[ 551 Title A Century of Trees of Panama. Publication Author Pittier H. Mell C.D. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A work that was very difficult to get published according to the correspondence contained at the start!. A treatment of 100 different species with descriptions and details of uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The trees are sometimes harvested from the wild for the local use of their timber. Vitex floridula is exploited for use as a timber. It grows in lowland forest and there is a decline in area of occupancy and extent of occurrence as well as loss of quality of habitat. Some of the locations may have been lost due to habitat loss. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2021)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].