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: Warren McCleland
Pande, Inhassoro District

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:	N'tsunzwa (Sena) Warty donkey-berry (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	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.
Habitat:	In low-altitude and coastal woodland
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Worldwide distribution:	Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Malawi, Mozambique
Mozambique distribution:	N,MS,GI
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Insects associated with this species:	Eagris sabadius ochreana (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated:	Monday 21 May 2018
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). Wild, H. (1963). Tiliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 47.

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