Grewia carpinifolia Juss.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Grewia

Characteristics

A scrambling or climbing shrub. It can grow 6 m or more high.
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Scrambling shrub to 15 ft. high
Sepals pale yellow-green
Stamens golden-yellow
Flowers sweet-scented
Petals golden-yellow
Fruits yellow.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Secondary growth in moist or dry semi-deciduous forest; in thickets on coastal plains; gallery forest; fallow areas in forest; farmbush; on shallow soil, rocky outcrops; deciduous rain-forest.
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A tropical plant. It grows on dry soils. It grows in patches of secondary jungle in closed forest in West Africa. It can grow in arid places. It occurs in the Western Ghats in India.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The leaves are eaten as a vegetable. The ripe fruit are used as a dessert fruit and also as a vegetable. The bark is cooked and eaten.
Uses animal food fiber food gene source material medicinal poison social use wood
Edible flowers fruits leaves nectars roots shoots stems
Therapeutic use Pediculicide (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Grewia carpinifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, Togo, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834129-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709817
COL ID 3HD6L
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Synonyms

Vincentia carpinifolia Grewia carpinifolia Grewia rhamnifolia Grewia biflora Grewia rowlandii Grewia rautanenii Vinticena carpinifolia