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Grewia umbellifera

Grewia umbellifera
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0

Grewia umbellifera is a small scandent (climbing or sprawling) shrub in the mallow family, native to western and southern India in seasonally dry tropical areas. It is a wild species of dry-forest scrub and is not a common garden or houseplant.

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow soil to dry out between waterings in its native dry season.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or rocky soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost, as it is not hardy in cold climates.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. & S. India
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Grewia umbellifera is a small, scandent shrub of the family Malvaceae which is native to India.

Other Grewia plants

Grewia aldabrensis · Phalsa · White raisin · Grewia bilocularis · Grewia bulot · Grewia emarginata · Grewia ferruginea · Brandy Bush · Donkey Berry · Grewia glandulosa · Grewia goetzeana · Giant raisin

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grewia umbellifera 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.

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