Grewia subspathulata
N. E. Br.
Hybrid raisin, Hybrid grewia
MalvaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are eaten raw as a snack.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in hot arid places. It grows in stony and sandy soils. It grows between 90-1,600 m above sea level. It can grow in arid places.
Africa, Botswana, East Africa, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Southern Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, 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
It appears to be a hybrid between Grewia monticola and Grewia bicolor. It is a shrub. It can grow up to 8 m high.
Notes
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
Mupundukaina
References (12)
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- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
