Grewia pedunculata K.Schum.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/202123211/202123220

Conservation

NT - near threatened

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

Morphology General Habit

Shrub, sometimes scandent up to 3 m tall; young branches shortly greyish to brown stellate-pubescent.

Morphology Leaves

Leaves elliptic-oblong to obovate, 1.1–5.4 cm long, 0.4–4 cm wide, broadest towards the apex, broadly obtuse, rounded or ± truncate at the apex, cuneate to rounded or even slightly cordate at the base, margins irregularly and shallowly crenate or dentate to ± entire, scabrid to glabrescent above, roughly stellate-pubescent beneath, subcoriaceous; petiole 2–5 mm long, shortly greyish to brown stellate-pubescent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences terminal and leaf-opposed axillary 6–24-flowered cymes; peduncle 1–4 cm long; pedicel up to 6 mm long, shortly greyish to brown stellate-pubescent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers white to pale greenish cream; sepals 8–11 mm long, greyish pubescent on the outside; petals lanceolate, 3–6 mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androgynophore

Androgynophore glabrous for up to 1 mm at the base, densely pubescent and slightly produced above the node for up to 1.5 mm.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 5–7 mm long; filaments white; anthers yellow.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary 1–1.5 mm long, densely hairy; style 3–7 mm long, green.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruits (1–)4-lobed, 8–10 mm wide, the lobes 5–7 mm long, 4–6 mm wide, red-brown, with long hairs.

Figures

Fig. 3/14 (leaf, p. 9).

Habitat

Dry bushland, wooded grassland and dense thicket; 0–400 m

Distribution

K7 T3 T6 not known elsewhere