Grewia forbesii
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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
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| Synonyms: |
Grewia latiunguiculata K. Schum. Grewia pilosa var. grandifolia Kuntze |
| Common names: | Warty donkey-berry (English) |
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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. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | 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. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Mozambique |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Eagris sabadius ochreana (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
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). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 156. Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 47. |
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