Grewia fallax
K. Schum.
MalvaceaeFruit
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands. It grows in dry bushland. In Tanzania it grows between 300-1,500 m above sea level.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A shrub. It grows 2-6 m tall. The crown is rounded. The bark is pale grey. The leaves are dark green and rounded oval shape. They are 3-13 cm long and have teeth around the edge. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are orange and tunr black when ripe. They are 10-16 mm across.
Notes
These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Lagangwi, Lomodu-aawak, Mgwelu, Mkaapu, Mkole, Mkoma-mkulu, Mkoma, Mlawa, Nkomankulu
References (4)
- http://www.fao.org/forestry/25323-096344a3de335832e8f363c3ac5184a66.pdf
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 191
- Ruffo, C. K., Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B., 2002, Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania. RELMA p 346
- Williamson, 1972,
