Grewia tomentosa Juss.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Grewia

Characteristics

A shrub 1-6 m tall. It has light brown hairy twigs.
Life form -
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Dry evergreen, and old clearing forests at elevations from 50-900 metres.
More
A tropical plant.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The fruit are eaten.
Uses fiber material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Suppurative (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Grewia tomentosa unspecified picture

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834600-1
WFO ID wfo-0000710356
COL ID 3HDMF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Grewia hirsuta Grewia tomentosa