Grewia herbacea
Welw. ex Hiern.
MalvaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit is eaten raw.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in deciduous woodland. It grows in slightly higher rainfall areas.
Africa, Angola, Central Africa, Congo, East Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Southern Africa, Tanzania, West Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
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 small shrub. It has a woody rootstock and long branches arise from this. It is similar to Grewia villosa.
Notes
These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Kasaza-kaimbu, Matitidza
Grewia leucodiscus K. Schum.
References (5)
- Flora Zambesiaca. http://apps.kew.org/efloras
- Fowler, D. G., 2007, Zambian Plants: Their Vernacular Names and Uses. Kew. p 45
- Grivetti, L. E., 1980, Agricultural development: present and potential role of edible wild plants. Part 2: Sub-Saharan Africa, Report to the Department of State Agency for International Development. p 72
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 192
- Scudder, 1971,
