Grewia guazumifolia Juss.

Scientific Description

Shrub or tree, with glabrous stems. Leaves 75-185 mm long, 30-70 mm wide, not lobed; margins sinuate; hairs and scales absent (leaves quite glabrous), 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, 10 mm long; glabrous. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx green, 7 mm long, the lobes free, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla white, 2.5 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 0.6-3.2 mm long; anthers 0.5 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs present, stellate hairs absent, 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; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx deciduous before maturity, not accrescent; seeds per loculus 2-4. Flowering time February, March or April. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley.