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Grewia truncata
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Via Pungue, Catapu
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Via Pungue, Catapu
Photo: Mark Hyde
Via Pungue, Catapu
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| Status: | Native |
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Shrub or small tree, to 6 m tall. Leaves 4-8 × 3-10 cm, oblong or obovate-oblong, notched or truncate at the apex with the midrib produced as a short mucro; margin crenate-dentate; base rounded and often asymmetric, becoming glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Petiole up to 8 mm. Inflorescences borne opposite the leaves, 3-9-flowered; peduncle pubescent. Sepals 1.5-2.5 cm, linear-oblong, green and minutely tomentose outside, white and hairless inside. Petals 10-16 mm, ovate, acute, white. Fruit deeply 4-lobed, c. 1.5 cm in diameter; lobes sparsely bristly hairy. |
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| Habitat: | Riverine species, sometimes thicket-forming |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique |
| Mozambique distribution: | T,MS |
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| Content last updated: | Tuesday 23 February 2016 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 581. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 60. |
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