Grewia orientalis

Wild currant, Emu berries

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The small round brown fruit are eaten when ripe and are sweet and pleasant tasting.

It grows naturally in monsoon vine forests.

Asia, Australia, Sri Lanka,

A climbing plant in the Malvaceae family that naturally grows in monsoon vine forests, producing small, round brown fruit.

Source ↗

Grewia orientalis is a species of flowering plant in India and Sri Lanka.

They are sweet and pleasant tasting.

There are about 200 Grewia species. They are mostly tropical. The fruit of most may be edible. These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Murrtjumun

For Aust check Grewia oxyphylla

References (7)

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Smith, N. M., 1991, Ethnobotanical Field Notes from the Northern Territory, Australia, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 14(1): 1-65
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Yunupinu Banjgul, Laklak Yunupinu-Marika, et al. 1995, Rirratjinu Ethnobotany: Aboriginal Plant Use from Yirrkala, Arnhem Land, Australia. Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin No 21. Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory. p 45.