Grewia microthyrsa

K. Schum. ex Burret

Sand raisin

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten as a snack.

It is a subtropical plant.

Africa, East Africa, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa,

A shrub. It grows 2-3 m tall. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are 13 mm long by 7 mm wide. They hang on a curved stalk.

These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Mufuka, Mupfuka, Sandrosyntje

Microcos microthyrsa Burret

References (7)

Cunningham, 1985,
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Peters, C. R., O'Brien, E. M., and Drummond, R.B., 1992, Edible Wild plants of Sub-saharan Africa. Kew. p 192
Ruiters-Welcome, A. K., 2019, Food plants of southern Africa. Ph.D. thesis. Univ. of Johannesburg p 76
van Wyk, Be., & Gericke, N., 2007, People's plants. A Guide to Useful Plants of Southern Africa. Briza. p 44
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