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Grewia stolzii
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Seldomseen, Vumba
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Seldomseen, Vumba
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Seldomseen, Vumba
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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
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Path to Mermaids Falls, Aberfoyle
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| Synonyms: |
Grewia hopkinsii Suess. |
| Common names: | Green-petalled grewia (English) Green-petalled raisin (English) |
| Frequency: | Locally common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Scrambling or climbing shrub, rarely a small tree. Leaves elliptic-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 3-veined from the base, glabrous above, rough to the touch with stellate hairs beneath; margin finely and sharply dentate. Flowers in few-flowered terminal and leaf-opposed clusters, c. 3 cm in diameter. Petals white, somewhat fleshy; sepals small, greenish. Fruit distinctly 4-lobed with long russet hairs between the lobes, reddish. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | On the margins of evergreen forest, among rocks in high rainfall woodland or on termite hills. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | C,E,S |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 9 November 2006 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Grewia stolziiAfrican Plant Database: Grewia stolzii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Grewia stolzii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Grewia stolzii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Grewia stolzii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Grewia stolzii
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Grewia stolzii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Grewia stolzii
JSTOR Plant Science: Grewia stolzii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Grewia stolzii
Tropicos: Grewia stolzii
West African Plants database: Grewia stolzii
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