Malvaceae
Grewia

Grewia afra Meisn.

First published in London J. Bot. 2: 53 (1843)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical & S. Africa. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a medicine, has environmental uses and for food.

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Tiliaceae, H. Wild. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Scandent many-stemmed shrub; branchlets sparsely setose-pubescent, soon becoming glabrous; older stems quadrangular.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina 2–5 × 1–2·5 cm., oblong-ovate to lanceolate, acute to acuminate at the apex, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, finely serrate or serrulate, glabrous or very sparsely appressed-stellate-pubescent on both sides; petiole 2–3 mm. long, sparsely setose-pubescent; stipules c. 6 mm. long, setaceous, very sparsely setulose-pubescent or glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences all axillary, on slender setulose-pubescent peduncles up to 7 mm. long; pedicels similar, 2–3 together, up to 1 cm. long.
Morphology General Buds
Flower-buds oblong.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 6–9 mm. long, linear, finely pubescent on the back, glabrous within.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals yellow, slightly shorter than the sepals, with a basal nectariferous gland circumvillous within, produced into a ledge above and setose-pubescent on the back.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androgynophore
Androgynophore glabrous below for 1 nun., produced above into a closely pubescent extension c. 2 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary ovoid, not lobed, setose-pubescent; style c. 7 mm. long, glabrous; stigma with 4 subulate lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 7·5–10 mm. in diam., globose, never lobed, very sparsely stellate-pubescent or glabrous.
[FZ]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
Use Gene Sources
Used as gene sources.
Use Food
Used for food.
Use Materials
Used as material.
Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • 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

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0