Grewia falcata C.Y.Wu

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Grewia

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees. Branchlets softly yellow-brown tomentose. Petiole 3-5 mm, tomentose; leaf blade band-shaped, slightly curved or straight, or falcate, 6-18 × 1-3 cm, leathery or papery, abaxially softly yellow-brown or rust-brown tomentose, adaxially sparsely stellate pilose and more densely on veins, lateral basal veins obscure, 1/4-1/3 as long as leaf blade, 1-3 mm from margin, lateral veins 4-8 pairs, veinlets prominent, base obtuse, margin serrulate, apex acuminate. Cymes 1-3 per leaf axil; peduncle 3-5 mm, yellow-brown tomentose. Pedicel 3-4 mm, yellow-brown tomentose. Sepals lanceolate, 8-9 × 2-2.5 mm, abaxially tomentose, adaxially glabrous. Petals oblong, 3-4 mm, glands on basal 1/2. Stamens 20-30, 5-6 mm. Ovary densely yellow-brown villous; style longer than stamens; stigma 4-lobed. Drupe 4-lobed, lobes globose, hairy, glossy.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Grewia falcata world distribution map, present in China, Cambodia, and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834221-1
WFO ID wfo-0000709919
COL ID 3HD9H
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Synonyms

Grewia falcata