Grewia gracillima
Willd.
Silver square-stemmed raisin
MalvaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The round fleshy fruit are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It grows on stream banks and rocky outcrops.
Africa, East Africa, Mozambique, South Africa, Southern Africa, 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 straggling shrub. It grows 5 m high. The small branches are grey. The leaves are alternate and simple. They are oval and 2-6 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The flowers are in clusters of 2 or 3. They are in the axils of leaves. The fruit are round and fleshy. They are 8 mm across.
Notes
These were in the families Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.
References (1)
- Schmidt, E., Lotter, M., & McCleland, W., 2007, Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park. Jacana Media p 404
