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Grewia occidentalis

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Name

Identification
Grewia occidentalis L. [family MALVACEAE ]
Related name
  • Grewia occidentalis

Flora

Entry for GREWIA occidentalis Linn. [family TILIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 223, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
GREWIA occidentalis Linn. [family TILIACEAE], ;—DC. Prod. 1. p. 511. E. & Z.! No. 412.
GREWIA obtusifolia E. & Z. [family TILIACEAE], ! No. 412.
GREWIA trinervis E. Mey. [family TILIACEAE], ! and Drege, No. 7265.
Information
young twigs puberulous, older glabrous; leaves petiolate, ovate, obtuse or acute or acuminate, crenate, glabrous, 3-nerved at base; peduncles opposite the leaves or terminal, forked, 3–6-flowered; flower-buds roundish-oval, obtuse; sepals lanceolate, canescent, nerveless, longer than the petals; ovary villous; drupe depressed, sparingly hispid. A middle sized tree, nearly glabrous, except on the young shoots and about the inflorescence. Flowers purple. Leaves 1–2 inches long, very variable in shape, sometimes sub-rotund and very obtuse, sometimes much acuminate.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In mountain ravines, from Capetown to Port Natal, common. (Herb. T.C.D., &c.)

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