Grewia afra
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| Synonyms: |
Grewia fruticetorum J. Drumm. ex Baker f. |
| Common names: | Climbing raisin (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Normally a multi-stemmed, scrambling shrub. Stems distinctly 4-angled; branchlets stiff, sometimes becoming spine-like. Leaves oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 2-6 cm long, 3-veined from the base, glabrous or sparsely stellate hairy: margin finely toothed. Flowers yellow, c. 2 cm in diameter, in few-flowered, axillary heads. Fruit, globose, not lobed, glabrous or sparsely stellate hairy, 7-10 mm in diameter, brown to red, edible. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | afra: (Southern) African |
| Habitat: | Occurring in riverine fringes and along the margins of coastal forest, often thicket-forming. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Nov - May |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| FZ divisions: | Z,MS,GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Monday 19 August 2013 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 103. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 570. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 258. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 81. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 108. Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 48 - 49. |
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