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Grewia decemovulata
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Cleveland Dam, Harare
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Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
Picnic area, Haka Game Park, Harare
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| Synonyms: |
Grewia flavescens sensu Exell & Mendonça Grewia trothai sensu Hutch. |
| Common names: | Miombo dwarf donkey-berry (English) Ubhunzu (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | Frequent |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Procumbent or spreading suffrutex, less than 1.5 m. Leaves broadly oblong with serrate margins, thinly coverered in appressed hairs above, more densely below. Inflorescences axillary. Sepals longer than petals, pubescent on the back. Flowers yellow, tinged with orange-red. |
| Notes: | The species may be confused with Grewia flavescens but differs in its distinct dwarf habit and in the round, not 4-angled, stems. |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | In open Brachystegia woodland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1300 - 1600 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,S |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 24 July 2016 |
| Literature: |
Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 14. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 258. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 81. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 47 - 48. (Includes a picture). |
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