Grewia brunnea
K. Schum.
Malvaceae Edible: Fruit, Vegetable
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Meise Botanic Garden
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Description
A shrub. It grows 10 m high. It can be a creeper. The flowers are pinkish-brown. The petals have white edges.
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Edible Uses
The fruit and vegetable portions are edible.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It grows in seasonally flooded forests.
Where It Grows
Africa, Cameroon, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Liberia, Nigeria, West Africa,
Production
In Central African Republic fruit have been recorded in November.
Notes
Also put in the family Tiliaceae,
Synonyms
Grewia africana BurretMicrocos iodocarpa Burret
References (2)
- Grubben, G. J. H. and Denton, O. A. (eds), 2004, Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. p 562
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
