Grewia concolor Merr.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Grewia

Characteristics

Shrubs climbing. Branchlets rust-brown stellate tomentose. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 5 × 2 mm; petiole 5-7 mm, hairy; leaf blade oblong, 7-12 × 2.5-4 cm, leathery, sparsely stellate and villous with long solitary hairs at first on both surfaces, glabrescent or with sparsely solitary hairs only on veins on both surfaces, lateral basal veins less than 1/2 as long as leaf blade, lateral veins 5-6 pairs, base slightly oblique, nearly rounded to shallowly cordate, margin serrulate, apex shortly acute or obtuse. Cymes 1 or 2 per leaf axil, 2-or 3-flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm, brown hairy. Flowers unisexual. Pedicel 5-9 mm, brown hairy. Bracts subulate, ca. 5 mm, hairy abaxially. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, 7-8 mm, adaxially hairy. Petals 2.5-3 mm; glands obovoid, hairy. Stamens many. Ovary villous; style glabrous; stigma 5-lobed. Drupe 2-4-lobed, lobes globose; drupelets 1 per lobe. Fl. Jul-Aug.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Distribution

Grewia concolor world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834161-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709851
COL ID 3HD7J
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Synonyms

Grewia concolor