Grewia microcarpa

K. Schum.

Green square-stem grewia

MalvaceaeFruit

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit is eaten.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands and highlands. It grows in dry scrub.

Africa, East Africa, Kenya, Mozambique, Southern Africa, Tanzania, 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 bushy shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The twigs have hairs that fall off leaving a red coloured twig. The leaves are narrowly oval and up to 5 cm long by 2 cm wide. There are close teeth along the edge. There are yellow hairs underneath. The flowers are small and yellow. They occur in groups of 2-6. The fruit is round or two lobed.