Grewia oxyphylla Burret

Scientific Description

Shrub or tree, with hairy stems. Leaves 60-115 mm long, 30-50 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairs and scales absent (leaves quite glabrous) or hairy, with Simple hairs (without tubercle bases)with scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 7 mm long; glabrous. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx green, 15-16 mm long, the lobes free, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla white or green, 6-7 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 6-11 mm long; anthers 1-1.2 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs present, stellate hairs absent; style 1, 9 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits indehiscent and not splitting into sections (drupes), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs and scales absent, Sessile glands absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines present; calyx deciduous before maturity, not accrescent; seeds per loculus 2-4. Flowering time January, February, March, April or May. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley.