Grewia occidentalis

Botanical Description

Grewia occidentalis is a scrambling, deciduous shrub or a small tree, occasionally a climbing plant, growing up to 3 metres tall with rather slender glabrescent branchlets[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local use of its fruit, whilst it also has medicinal uses and is a source of wood and hair shampoo. Grewia occidentalis 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. ].