Biology:Grewia villosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Grewia |
| Species: | G. villosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Grewia villosa Willd.
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Grewia villosa is a shrub, often scrambling and hardly exceeding 4 m in height. Leaves are fairly large, serrated and heart-shaped. It grows naturally, mainly in dry habitats. It is common in most of the semi-arid parts of Eastern Africa but may now be rare in parts of its natural distribution. It can be seen in Ein Gedi oasis in Israel, and in South Africa , where it is common. Its ripe copper-coloured fruits are eaten in East Africa.
Uses
The fruit of the Grewia villosa were eaten both while immature and green and also once they had ripened and hardened to a dark, reddish-brown. The bark was stripped off and crushed in water or chewed to a pulp which was used to wash the body as well as to clean the hair and disinfect the scalp [3]
See also
- List of Southern African indigenous trees
References
- ↑ Oldfield, S. (2020). "Grewia villosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T19218725A149819446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T19218725A149819446.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19218725/149819446. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ "Grewia villosa Willd. — the Plant List". http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2833491.
- ↑ G. Miller, Anthony; Morris, Miranda (1988). Plants of Dhofar. Oman: The Sultanate of Oman. p. 284. ISBN 071570808-2.
- Maundu, P. M. ; Ngugi, G. W. ; Kabuye, C. H. S., 1999. Traditional food plants of Kenya. Kenya Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge, National Museums of Kenya, 270 pages
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q4169474 entry
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