Malvaceae
Grewia

Grewia balensis Kirkup & Sebsebe

First published in Kew Bull. 54: 231 (1999)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to SE. Kenya. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Tiliaceae, C. Whitehouse, M. Cheek, S. Andrews & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2001

Morphology General Habit
Small tree or shrub up to 4.5 m tall; young branches densely coarsely stellate-pubescent, sometimes ferruginous.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ovate, broadly elliptic or oblong, 1.5–7 cm long, 1.3–4 cm wide, broadly obtuse to rounded at the apex, truncate to slightly cordate or asymmetric at the base, margin clearly serrate to crenate-serrate, sparsely stellate-hairy above, densely whitish stellate-pubescent beneath, the veins slightly browner; petiole 2–6 mm long, densely stellate-pubescent; stipules elliptic to subulate, 5–7 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a 3-flowered cyme, solitary or rarely 2 in the leaf axils, the axes densely coarsely pubescent; peduncle 7–13 mm long; pedicels 6–9 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers yellow; sepals 8–10 mm long; petals ovate to obovate, 4–6 mm long, 2–3.5 mm wide, sometimes bifid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androgynophore
Androgynophore 1–1.5 mm long, glabrous, densely hairy at the apex.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens 4–5 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 1.5–2 mm long, densely hairy; style ± 4 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 2-lobed, or unlobed by abortion, the lobes 5–6 mm long, 5–6 mm wide, covered with long brown hairs.
Figures
Fig. 4/39 (leaf, p. 11).
Habitat
Acacia bushland on sand by coast; 0–10 m
Distribution
K7
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0