Grewia insularis Ridl.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Grewia

Characteristics

Tree or shrub to 20 m high; branchlet tips, petioles and inflorescences stellate-hairy. Leaves: lamina oblong to ovate, 4–11 cm long, cordate to truncate at base, usually distinctly oblique, serrulate margin, acute to acuminate at apex, leaf veins pubescent below, somewhat glabrescent; petiole 4–12 mm long; stipules 7–8 mm long, subulate, caducous. Flowers usually 1–3 in an umbel, often with several umbels from 1 leaf-axil; peduncle 7–10 mm long; pedicel 6–10 mm long. Sepals linear, 6–8 mm long, pubescent, yellow. Petals ovate, c. 3 mm long. Androgynophore c. 1 mm long. Fruit purple, often reduced to a subglobose drupe c. 3 mm long, containing 1 or 2 pyrenes.
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Distribution

Grewia insularis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834297-1
WFO ID wfo-0000710011
COL ID 3HDC3
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Synonyms

Grewia insularis