Grewia holstii
Burrett
MalvaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands.
Africa, East Africa, Kenya, 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 or small tree. It grows 10 m high. The stem is fluted and grey. The leaves are oval and 8 cm long. There are teeth along the edge. The flowers are yellow and there are usually 3 flowers in a group in the axils of leaves. The fruit is round, shiny and mottled. They are 6 mm across.
Notes
These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Micuta, Mkoe, Mkoma, Mkone, Mnunje, Msokote, Nguagua-daga
References (5)
- Dale, I. R. and Greenway, P. J., 1961, Kenya Trees and Shrubs. Nairobi. p 566
- East African Herbarium records, 1981,
- http://www.fao.org/forestry/25323-096344a3de335832e8f363c3ac5184a66.pdf
- Newman, 1970,
- Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 192
