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Grewia laevigata

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

Vahl

Common Names

• Guang dong bian dan gan (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Australia
• S. Yunnan - China
• Cambodia
• India
• Java
• Sumatra - Indonesia
• Laos
• Johore - Malaysia
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• forest
• riverside
• lowland forest margins
• swamp forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Aug-Oct (India) Jul (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (Vietnam)

Climbing hairy liana or small tree with spiky stem, axillary or terminal umbellate cymes of glabrous 7mm petalled white flowers, 5 glabrous sepals longer than petals, 5 glabrous petals, fruit a 4-lobed purplish glabrous or villous drupe to 20mm diameter, leaves scabrous beneath, serrated at top, glabrous above, glabrescent beneath 75mm x 50mm, glabrous branches

Further References

• FI
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• BF
• Botanicus l F Indochine
• FOTA
• GBS