Grewia kakothamnos | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Grewia |
Species: | G. kakothamnos
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Binomial name | |
Grewia kakothamnos | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Grewia corallocarpa K.Schum. |
Grewia kakothamnos is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, found from southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. [1] Its flowers are white to pale lilac, and its two or four-lobed fruit are orange when ripe, and edible in a famine situation. [2] Grewia kakothamnos is particularly enjoyed as a forage by domestic goats ( Capra aegagrus hircus), which will even eat the dead fallen leaves during the dry season. [2]
Grewia kakothamnos | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Malvaceae |
Genus: | Grewia |
Species: | G. kakothamnos
|
Binomial name | |
Grewia kakothamnos | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Grewia corallocarpa K.Schum. |
Grewia kakothamnos is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, found from southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. [1] Its flowers are white to pale lilac, and its two or four-lobed fruit are orange when ripe, and edible in a famine situation. [2] Grewia kakothamnos is particularly enjoyed as a forage by domestic goats ( Capra aegagrus hircus), which will even eat the dead fallen leaves during the dry season. [2]