| Synonyms: | 
Capparis brevis Biehler  Glyphaea grewioides Hook.f. Glyphaea lateriflora (G.Don) Hutch. & Dalziel Glyphaea monteiroi Hook.f. Grewia lateriflora G.Don Schweinfurthafra lateriflora Kuntze  | 
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| Status: | Native | 
| Description: | 
For descriptions see World Flora Online | 
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| Habitat: | In understorey and along margins of forest, secondary forest vegetation. | 
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania and Angola. | 
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. | 
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | 
| Literature: | 
 Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 156.  |