Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition
Grewia glabra Blume
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Family
Blume, C.L. von (1825) Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 115.
Stem
Shrub or tree. Stems sparsely stellate hairy or glabrous.
Leaves
Flowers
Fruit
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.
Seedlings
Features not available.
Distribution and Ecology
Occurs in WA. Altitudinal range unknown. Grows in monsoon forest and vine thickets. Also occurs from India to New Guinea.
Natural History & Notes
Description from 'Fl. Australia Vol. 50' and 'FloraBase' the Western Australian Flora.
RFK Code
3595
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