Malvaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Grewia tenax

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Grewia tenax is a very slow-growing, deciduous, thorny shrub growing from 0.5 - 6 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials. Grewia tenax has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2018)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeDrier areas of Africa, through Arabia, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

HabitatAcacia-Terminalia-Combretum woodland; between lava rocks; sandy soils; depressions in clayey-sandy soils and on laterite; humid soils during rain-season; sand on sandstone plateau; gravelly plateau and silt; gully in hills; sea level to 1,800 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].