BOTANICAL RECORD
Vitex doniana Sweet
Local blackberry · African black plum · Lamiaceae
Overview
About the illustration
An interpretation of the species, not an Odo specimen. Leaf arrangement is schematic and not all leaflets are visible; use descriptions and field photographs for identification.
Original ↗- Growth form
- Tree
- At Odo Valley
- Present at Odo Valley
- In the library
- Existing local flora
- Botanical origin in Ghana
- Native to Ghana
- Location
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Known date or period
- Since July 2026
Field note
Fruit called “blackberry” in the Odo exchanges. A tree is present in the valley; fruiting since July 2026 and jam already made, according to the 2 September notes. The daily morning harvest since early July reported on 9 September concerns Spondias mombin. Quantities, recipes and precise dates of the Vitex trials remain to be completed.
Record sources 7
Sources and origins
Vitex doniana — Agroforestree Database 4.0
- Author or institution
- Orwa, Mutua, Kindt, Jamnadass & Anthony
- Publication year
- 2009
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Institutional technical profile
- Geographic origin
- World Agroforestry; Africa
- Page, table or passage
- Description ; ecology ; products ; germplasm
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
Older classification in Verbenaceae. Some statements appear inconsistent, including flower size and nitrogen fixation, and are not repeated here. Regional calendars are not applied to Busua.
General Information on Canning Jams, Jellies, and Marmalades
- Author or institution
- National Center for Home Food Preservation / University of Georgia
- Publication year
- Page consulted in 2026
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Institutional recommendations
- Geographic origin
- United States
- Page, table or passage
- Ingredients ; Jams and jellies with reduced sugar ; Preventing spoilage
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
General advice. American blackberry recipes refer to Rubus and do not validate a recipe using Vitex doniana.
Vitex doniana Sweet — Plants of the World Online
- Author or institution
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Publication year
- Continuously updated database
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Institutional taxonomic database
- Geographic origin
- International
- Page, table or passage
- Accepted name ; Classification ; Distribution ; Synonyms
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
A species’ taxonomy alone does not confirm the identity of a local tree.
Odo Valley Plant Knowledge — African black plum
- Author or institution
- JB; Odo synthesis record
- Publication year
- 2026
- Type
- Earlier field and research note
- Geographic origin
- Odo Valley · Busua · Ghana
- Page, table or passage
- Record created on 2 September 2026: identity; observations; trials
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
- Provenance and context
- Document Odo_Valley_Plant_Knowledge_African_Black_Plum.md: Vitex doniana present, fruiting since July and jam made. A photograph is mentioned in the note but is not attached here.
Local accounts retained as reported observations. No yield measurement, complete recipe, pH or herbarium validation.
Phenolic compounds characterisation and antioxidant activity of black plum fruit pulp and peel from Côte d’Ivoire
- Author or institution
- Koba Fatou Traoré and colleagues
- Publication year
- 2020
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Primary laboratory study
- Geographic origin
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Page, table or passage
- Abstract; Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization; DOI 10.1007/s11694-020-00719-3
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
Abstract and bibliographic record consulted. Extract analyses; no established human clinical benefit. Full solvents and conditions need to be reread before applying the findings elsewhere.
Vitex doniana — PROTA
- Author or institution
- PROTA4U
- Publication year
- Not specified
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Botanical and ethnobotanical synthesis
- Geographic origin
- Tropical Africa; multiple origins
- Page, table or passage
- Uses ; Description ; Propagation and planting
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
Compiled uses: original communities and protocols are often unspecified. Do not attribute them to Ahanta/Nzema or Odo without a local survey. Therapeutic interpretations are not adopted as clinical evidence.
Physico-chemical and sensory properties of formulated syrup from black plum fruit
- Author or institution
- M. K. Egbekun, J. I. Akowe & R. J. Ede
- Publication year
- 1996
- Source link
- View source ↗
- Type
- Primary food study
- Geographic origin
- Federal Polytechnic, Idah, Nigeria
- Page, table or passage
- Abstract; Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 49(4), 301–306; DOI 10.1007/BF01091979
- Date accessed
- 2026-09-09
One protocol and particular samples. The pH and °Brix values are neither validated targets for Odo nor evidence of room-temperature preservation.