Grewia glabra Blume

Blume, C.L. von (1825) Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 115.

Shrub or tree. Stems sparsely stellate hairy or glabrous.

Leaves narrowly ovate to elliptic, obtuse and slightly oblique at base, serrulate, acute to shortly acuminate, glabrescent; lamina 7.5-18.5 cm long x 3-7 cm wide, not lobed; glabrous; petiole 10-15 mm long; stipules filiform, to 5 mm long, deciduous early.

Flowers usually 1-3 in an axillary umbel; peduncle 7-12 mm long; pedicel 6-10 mm long. Sepals linear, 5-9 mm long, pubescent, green outside, white inside. Petals ovate, c. 2.5 mm long, cream, glabrous. Stamens many, fused into short tube around style.

Fruit of 2, bilobed, divergent parts; each lobe with 1 or 2 pyrenes (seed); parts, lobes and pyrenes usually suppressed, often reduced to a single, subglobose, lobe c. 5 mm long, containing 1 or 2 pyrenes.

Features not available.

Occurs in WA. Altitudinal range unknown. Grows in monsoon forest and vine thickets. Also occurs from India to New Guinea.

Description from 'Fl. Australia Vol. 50' and 'FloraBase' the Western Australian Flora.

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