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Grewia flava
Also called Brandybush Grewia, Raisinbush, Raisintree, Velvet Raisinbush, Wild Currant, Wild Raisin, Wild Raisinbush
Brandy bush is a common shrub or small tree from southern Africa, usually found in dry bushveld and rangeland rather than grown as a garden plant. It is grown mainly for its sweet, edible berries and useful wood.
Grewia flava, the brandy bush, wild currant, velvet raisin, or raisin tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to southern Africa. A common shrub species, it is spreading into grasslands due to human rangeland management practices, and increasing rainfall. The berries, which are yellowish-brown and slightly lobed, are sweet and edible, but have little flesh and so are typically collected in large quantities to be eaten raw, dried or fermented into alcoholic beverages. The wood has a number of uses such as for making bows, knobkerries, traps and other tools. The desert truffle Kalaharituber pfeilii is often found in association with its roots.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grewia flava by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
