Grewia

About Grewia

Grewia (Grewia flava) is a herb used in the African Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Diarrhea, Dysentery, and Fatigue. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.

Botanical background

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...

Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist

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