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Synonyms: |
Grewia flavescens sensu Exell & Mendonça Grewia trothai sensu Hutch. |
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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. |
Type location: |
Zimbabwe |
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Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
National distribution: | B,N,W,C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Cb,N,C,S,W |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Saturday 3 December 2022 |
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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