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Grewia corylifolia

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Type? of Grewia corylifolia A.Rich. [family TILIACEAE]
Grewia villosa Willd. [family TILIACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Grewia corylifolia A.Rich. [family TILIACEAE ] Grewia ferruginea Hochst. [family TILIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Grewia villosa
  • Grewia corylifolia
  • Grewia ferruginea

Flora

Entry for GREWIA villosa Willd. [family TILIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2001) Author: C. WHITEHOUSE, M. CHEEK, S. ANDREWS & B. VERDCOURT
Names
GREWIA villosa Willd. [family TILIACEAE], in Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin, Neue Schr. 4: 205 (1803); Mast. in F.T.A. 1: 249 (1868); K. Schum. in P.O.A. C: 264 (1895); Burret in E.J. 45: 198 (1910); Burtt-Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 117 (1935); T.S.K.: 40 (1936); T.T.C.L.: 614 (1949); F.P.S. 1: 220, fig. 119 (1950); C.F.A. 1: 223 (1951); F.W.T.A., ed. 2, 1: 304, fig. 114 (1958); K.T.S.: 571, fig. 103/b & b1 (1961); R. Wilczek in F.C.B. 10: 30 (1963); Wild in F.Z. 2: 62 (1963); Wild & Gonç. in Fl. Moçamb. 28: 35 (1969); Kokwaro, Medic. Pl. E. Afr.: 214 (1976); Wild in F.S.A. 21: 4 (1984); Blundell, Wild Flow. E. Afr.: 69, fig. 418 (1987); K.M. Matthew in J.L.S. 113: 364, 376 (1993); Audru et al., Pl. Vasc. Rép. Djibouti 2: 223, t. on p. 224, fig. 82 (1994); K.T.S.L.: 159, fig. b, b1 on 152, map (1994); Sebsebe in Fl. Eth. 2(2): 152, fig. 79.3 (1995). Type: India, Madras, Rottler (B-W, holo., microfiche!)
GREWIA echinulata Delile [family TILIACEAE], Cent. Pl. Afr.: 82 (1826). Type: Egypt/Sudan, “Djebel-Mouyl”, Cailliaud (MPU, holo.)
GREWIA corylifolia A. Rich. [family TILIACEAE], Fl. Seneg. Tent. 1: 95, t. 20 (1831) & Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 85 (1847). Type: Senegal, Oualo [Walo], Perrottet & Leprieur (P, holo., ?BM, iso.)
GREWIA chaunothamnus K. Schum. [family TILIACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 3: 103 (1901). Type: Senegal, Gorée, Dinklage 44 (B†, holo.)
GREWIA villosa K. Schum. var. glabrior [family TILIACEAE], in E.J. 33: 307 (1903); E.P.A.: 525 (1958). Types: Somalia, Wadi Fullah, Ellenbeck 230 & Daban, Ellenbeck 316 (B†, syn.)
Information
Shrub 1.2–4.5 m high, plants apparently either bisexual or unisexual; stems flattened; young shoots densely covered with villous hairs. Leaves broadly ovate to orbicular, 2–15 cm long, 1.6–18.5 cm wide, rounded to obtuse or slightly apiculate at the apex, rounded to cordate at the base, margin serrate, pubescent above, more so on the veins, densely stellate-pubescent beneath with long simple hairs on the veins; veins prominent and finely reticulate, leaves appearing bullate when young; petiole 0.6–5.5 cm long, densely villous; stipules broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 5–10 mm long, caducous. Inflorescence a 2–10-flowered cyme. Flowers dull red, yellow or brownish; sepals 5–10 mm long, densely hairy on the outside, usually reddish on the inside; petals much smaller than sepals, 1–3 mm long, usually pinkish. Androgynophore glabrous; stamens up to 3 mm long; filaments whitish; anthers yellow; ovary densely villous; style 1.5–3 mm long; stigma much divided. Fruit unlobed, subglobose, flattened vertically, 1–1.6 cm in diameter, orange to rusty-brown, covered with small warts tipped by long hairs, outer wall crustaceous and well-separated from the pulp. Fig. 6.
Range
DISTR. U 1, 3; K 1–7; T 2, 3, 5, 7 widespread throughout the drier parts of Africa from Senegal to Sudan and Ethiopia and south to South Africa, also in Arabia and India
Altitude range
0–1550 m
Distribution
KENYA Turkana District Kaya Ejon, 29 Jan. 1965, Newbould 6846!KENYA Kitui District Mutomo Hill, 19 Apr. 1970, Mathew & Hanid 6066!KENYA Lamu District Kiunga, 90 km NE of Lamu, 15 Aug. 1961, Gillespie 216!TANZANIA Moshi District Himo, 12 Oct. 1981, Archbold 2883!TANZANIA Lushoto District Mkomazi Valley, 30 Nov. 1935, B.D. Burtt 5327!TANZANIA Iringa District Mtera resthouse, 22 Mar. 1975, Backéus 1225!UGANDA Acholi District Chua, Paimol, 1936, Eggeling 2357!UGANDA Karamoja District Kidepo National Park, near Kakal R., few km S of Kidepo R., 4 Sept. 1972, Synnott 1295!UGANDA Mbale District Bugisu [Bugishu], behind Greek R. camp, Jan. 1936, Eggeling 2504!

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