Grewia caffra Meisn.

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Grewia caffra

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Catapu

Grewia caffra

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu

Grewia caffra

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu

Grewia caffra

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Bazaruto Island

Grewia caffra

Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Bazaruto Island

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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.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: caffra: from Kaffraria, or South Africa
Habitat: Occurring in riverine fringes and along the margins of coastal forest, often thicket-forming.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:Nov - May
Worldwide distribution: Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Mozambique distribution: Z,MS,GI,M
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Content 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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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Grewia caffra.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=138400, retrieved 13 December 2024

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