Grewia vernicosa
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Description
A small shrub. It grows about 60 cm tall. The branches are slender. The leaf blade is 23 mm long by 20 mm wide. They are broadly oval with a rounded base. The flowers are in groups of 3 in the axils of leaves. The petals are greenish-yellow. The fruit are 7 mm across. They usually have 2 lobes.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten as a snack.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, South Africa*, Southern Africa,
Notes
These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.
References (4)
- Peters & Maguire, 1981,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 193
- Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 76
- Welcome, A. K. & Van Wyk, B.-E., 2019, An inventory and analysis of the food plants of southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany 122 (2019) 136–179
