Grewia isochroa Burret

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

Morphology General Habit

Small tree or shrub to 6 m tall; young branches densely ferruginous stellate-pubescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves ovate to elliptic, 1.5–7.5 cm long, 1–4.6 cm wide, acute to acuminate at the apex, rounded to obliquely truncate or slightly cordate at the base, margin coarsely and irregularly serrate, densely stellate-pubescent above, even more so beneath; petiole 2–3 mm long, densely ferruginous pubescent; stipules subulate to linear, 5–7 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence a (1–)3-flowered cyme, 1–2 in a leaf-axil, covered with a dense ferruginous pubescence; peduncle 4–11 mm long; pedicels 4–13 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers yellow to orange; sepals 7–10 mm long; petals obovate, 4–7 mm long, 2.5–3 mm wide, apically notched or acute.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androgynophore

Androgynophore glabrous for 1–2 mm, densely pubescent at apex.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 5–6 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary ± 2 mm long, densely hairy; style 5–6 mm long.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit 2-lobed, or unlobed by abortion, the lobes 6–8 mm long, 6–8 mm wide, with long hairs.

Figures

Fig. 4/53 (leaf, p. 11).

Habitat

Deciduous thicket, Combretum-Terminalia and Brachystegia woodland and wooded grassland; 1150–2000 m

Distribution

T1 T2 T4 T5 T7 not known elsewhere