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Malvaceae FAMILY

Grewia latifolia

Grewia latifolia

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Grewia latifolia is a more or less deciduous, multi-stemmed shrub or a small tree that can grow 3 - 6 metres tall, The trunk can be up to 20cm in diameter[ 365 Title Flora of New South Wales Publication Author Website http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/floraonline.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource giving a brief botanical description of all the native plants of New South Wales, their habitat and range, together with diagrams and photographs of the plants. , 601 Title The Useful Native Plants of Australia. Publication Author Maiden J.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Turner & Co.; London. Year 1889 ISBN Description Terse details of the uses of many Australian plants and other species naturalised, or at least growing, in Australia. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeAustralia - eastern Northern Territory, Queensland, northeastern New South Wales
HabitatOpen woodlands on free-draining soils. Found in a variety of eucalypt woodlands and cypress pine forests on sandy or loamy soils.