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Grewia micrantha

Bojer (1846)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Malvales Family: Malvaceae Genus: Grewia

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Procès-Verbaux Soc. Hist. Nat. l'Ile Maurice 1842-1845: 28 (1846)

Other References

Lau & Frohlich 2012:22 (NEWNAT/O, DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Grewia micrantha Several places along road to Koko Crater trail UTM 635687 2353745 Dry lowland area dominated by Prosopis. Preserved_Specimen Tree about 2.5 meters tall. No flowers- fruit small, fuzzy, green, drying to brown. OED 2009040903 Oahu BISH 2009-04-09
2 Grewia micrantha Several places along road to Koko Crater trail UTM 635687 2353745 Dry lowland area dominated by Prosopis, near baseball diamond. Preserved_Specimen Sprawling shrub about 5 meters diameter. 3 meters tall; leaves coriaceous, sparse stellate above, densely pubescent below. Flowers bright yellow with lobed stigmas. New growth reddish. OED 2009063001 Oahu BISH 2009-06-30
3 Grewia micrantha Ho'omaluhia Bot. Garden, H\AFR the Africa section, located makai (seaward) from main road, in lawn area. Provenance: Blyde River Canyon, Transvaal, South Africa Preserved_Specimen Tree ca 3 m tall, crown dead and many sprouts from trunk and branches; leaves closely overlapping, rough, stiffly papery; no flowers; fruits globose, 1 or few together, drying brown, woody Staples, G.W. 1622 Oahu BISH 2014-12-29
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