Grewia abutilifolia Vent. ex Juss.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Grewia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees 1-5 m tall; branchlets yellow-brown stellate, coarsely hairy. Petiole 1-2 cm, coarsely stellate tomentose; leaf blade broadly ovate to nearly orbicular, usually lobed distally, 7-11 × 5-9 cm, papery, densely yellow and brown, coarsely stellate tomentose abaxially, adaxially sparsely coarsely stellate hairy, lateral basal veins more than 1/2 as long as leaf blade, each with 7-9 secondary veins, lateral veins distal, 3-4 pairs, base rounded or slightly cordate, margin serrulate, apex acute. Cymes 3-7 per leaf axil; peduncle 3-6 mm. Pedicel 4-8 mm. Bracts filiform, caducous. Sepals white, narrowly oblong, 6-8 × ca. 2 mm, abaxially hairy, adaxially glabrous. Petals 2-3 mm. Androgynophore glabrous. Stamens 4-5 mm. Ovary villous; style as long as sepals; stigma 2-lobed. Drupe obscurely 2-or 4-lobed, tomentose; drupelets 1 per lobe.
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A shrub. It grows 2-5 m high. The leaves are 7-20 cm long by 5-12 cm wide. They are slightly hairy. There are fine teeth. The flowers are in upright clusters. There are 3-7 in the axils of leaves. The fruit have 2 to 4 lobes.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
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Environment

Scrub, slopes on grassland in China. Open, dry, mixed deciduous forest at elevations from 100-1,000 metres in Thailand.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in grassland.
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Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten raw.
Uses fiber fodder medicinal
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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Images

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Distribution

Grewia abutilifolia world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Grewia abutilifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834036-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709708
COL ID 3HD3L
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Synonyms

Grewia arbutifolia Grewia kainantensis Grewia aspera Grewia hirsuto-velutina Sterculia tiliacea Grewia abutilifolia