Grewia multiflora Juss.

A shrub or small tree. It grows 1-2 m tall. The branches are slender and sparsely covered with soft hairs when young. The leaves are oblong and the base is bluntly rounded with 3 veins and rounded toothed edges. The leaves are 6-13.5 cm long by 4.5-11 cm wide. They are dull green above and paler underneath. They have a leaf like appendage at the base of the leaf stem which is without hairs. The flowers are yellowish green. The flowers with stamens are about 1 cm long. They occur in clusters in the axils of leaves. The fruit are oval and hairless when old. They have 1-4 lobes and are 0.8-1.3 cm across. They are purplish black and the stones have one seed.

A tropical plant. They grow naturally in coastal monsoon vine-forest. They are common in areas of shrub in hill country throughout the Philippines. In Yunnan.

The young leaves are cooked and eaten. They can be dried and used as a tea substitute. The ripe fruit are eaten.

Plants can be grown from seed.