Grewia mollis Juss.

Shrub or small tree ; up to 10 . 5 m tall , with thick and flaking bark . Stems often multi-stemmed with young branches densely stellate-pubescent , sometimes coarsely so or ferruginous , turning dark grey to black or reddish brownwhen older . Leaves alternate , simple , 2–14 . 5 cm long , 0 . 7–5 . 5 cm wide , elliptic to elliptic-oblong , acute to slightly acuminate at the apex , cuneate , broadly rounded or obliquely truncate at the base , margin coarsely and sharply serrate , ± glabrous to sparsely minutely stellate-pubescent above , densely finely greyish to brownish white-pubescent beneath , less dense and somewhat brownish on the veins ; petiole 4–13 mm long , finely greyish to coarsely brownish or ferruginous pubescent ; stipules lanceolate , 5–7 mm long . Inflorescences a (1–)3-flowered cyme , 1–8 in a leaf-axil ; peduncle 8–35 mm long ; pedicels 3–11 mm long ; bracts linear-lanceolate , ± 3 mm long . Flowers bisexual , regular , 5-merous , slightly scented , yellow ; sepals 6–10 mm long ; petals bright yellow , obovate to oblong , 4–6 mm long , ... ± 2 mm wide , sometimes notched at the apex ; stamens 3–6 mm long ; ovary 1 . 5–2 mm long , densely hairy ; style ± 6 mm long . Fruit drupe , 4–7 mm long , 5–7 mm wide , subglobose , unlobed , covered with a fine whitish tomentellum , also with a few scattered pilose hairs when younger , green turning yellow when ripe ; endocarp hard , woody , rugose . (Ref . POWO ; 2023) .

No Data

Least Concern (LC) - Global Assessment

Not Common

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Grewia mollis var. morifolia (Fiori) Cufod.
Grewia mollis var. petitiana (A.Rich.) Burret
Grewia petitiana A.Rich.
Grewia velutina Franch.
Grewia venusta Fresen.
Grewia venusta var. angustifolia K.Schum. ex T.Durand & H.Durand