Malvaceae FAMILY

Grewia lacei

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Grewia lacei is a deciduous shrub or a tree that can grow from 1 - 5 metres tall[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 942 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 16 Publication Author Publisher The Forest Herbarium; Bangkok. Year 1986 ISBN 0495-3843 Description A botanical journal, publishing papers on taxonomy (especially vascular plants), nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics, plant geography, and floristics; also morphology, palynology, cytotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, anatomy and other relevant disciplines. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of fibre.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos.

HabitatDry evergreen, and old clearing forests at elevations from 300 - 1,300 metres in Thailand[ 942 Title Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) No. 16 Publication Author Publisher The Forest Herbarium; Bangkok. Year 1986 ISBN 0495-3843 Description A botanical journal, publishing papers on taxonomy (especially vascular plants), nomenclature, phylogeny, systematics, plant geography, and floristics; also morphology, palynology, cytotaxonomy, chemotaxonomy, anatomy and other relevant disciplines. ]. Open lowland forests; at elevations from 500 - 700 metres in southern China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].