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Grewia flava

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Malvales > Family: Malvaceae > Genus: Grewia

Grewia flava in woodland near Mafikeng (Northwest, South Africa). [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©] 

Perennial shrub growing up to a height of about 3 m. Distribution includes Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and South Africa (Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, Northwest).