Distribution Map

Grewia hexamita

                   
                   
   
Giant Raisin
Lomkhulu
umsiphane
umsiphane lomkhulu

Malvaceae Grewioideae  

As at April 2024, 20 herbarium specimens, 13 photo records, 57 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Grewia hexamita - (Umsiphane) Shrub. Young stems, inflorescence-staiks, leaf-stalks, underside of leafblades and sepals thickly covered with star-shaped and other hairs; upper side of leafblades with few star-shaped hairs when young; underside permanently grey-felted. Leaf stalk c 3 mm long; blade broadly oval, usually unequal-sided at base, tip blunt or slightly pointed, margins shortly but distinctly toothed, c 5 cm long x 5 cm wide, often widest above middle. Flowers few on numerous short axillary inflorescences; petals yellow, narrow, c 1,5 cm long, about equalling sepals.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.