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Accession Data:

Grewia occidentalis L.

  • Common Name: Cross Berry
  • Family: Malvaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa - western Cape to Zimbabwe & Mozambique
  • Habitat: arid karoo, coastal dune bush, evergreen montane forest, wooded forest

  • Culture: both frost tolerant and drought hardy.
  • USDA Zone: 9a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500635
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1105 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid II
  • Order: Malvales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Malvaceae
  • SubFamily: Grewioideae
  • Tribe: Grewieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
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2012
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2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004

References (internal):

  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Mozambique / Zimbabwe / Botswana / Cape Provinces / Lesotho / Namibia / KwaZulu-Natal / Free State / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Saudi Arabia

References (external):

  1. Grewia occidentalis at South African National Biodiversity Institute.Last accessed on Wednesday, July 13, 2016.
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, September 04, 2017.
  3. Grewia occidentalis at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, September 04, 2017.
  4. Grewia occidentalis at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Monday, September 04, 2017.

data regenerated on Fri, 02 May 2025 15:00:11 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Grewia occidentalis

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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