Grewia forbesii Harv. ex Mast.
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road Est of Casa Banana
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road East of Casa Banana
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road East of Casa Banana
Photo: Warren McCleland
Pande, Inhassoro District
Photo: Warren McCleland
Pande, Inhassoro District
Photo: Warren McCleland
Pande, Inhassoro District
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along loop road North-east of Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along loop road North-east of Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along loop road North-east of Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along loop road North-east of Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along loop road North-east of Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along loop road North-east of Chironde Camp, Coutada 12
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
Synonyms:
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Grewia latiunguiculata K. Schum. Grewia pilosa var. grandifolia Kuntze
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Common names:
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Warty donkey-berry (English)
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Much-branched shrub or small tree. Stems and older branches angled or fluted. Branchlets roughly hairy. Leaves oblong-ovate, oblong-obovate or broadly elliptic, 3.5-12 cm long, 3-veined from the base, roughly hairy with sunken veins above, stellate hairy below: margin finely toothed. Flowers yellow in few-flowered, axillary heads. Fruit shallowly 2-4 lobed or not lobed, 1.6 cm in diameter, covered in warty protuberances. |
Notes:
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Derivation of specific name:
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forbesii: named after John Forbes (1799-1823), an English plant collector and naturalist. As representative of the Horticultural Society of London he visited the Cape in 1822. He died on the Zambezi River in Mozambique the following year. |
Habitat:
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In low-altitude woodland |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Mozambique |
Malawi distribution:
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Endemic status:
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Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Eagris sabadius ochreana (Larval foodplant)
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Friday 17 October 2014 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 571. (Includes a picture).
Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 47.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Grewia forbesii. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=176780, retrieved 8 December 2024
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