AusTraits

Grewia savannicola

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Grewia savannicola R.L.Barrett

Synonyms: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Grewia polygama var. elliptica Domin (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 4 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Grewia latifolia F.Muell. ex Benth. (pro parte misapplied)
  • Grewia polygama Roxb. (misapplied)
  • Grewia retusifolia Kurz (misapplied)
  • Grewia retusifolia Kurz (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, Qld

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NT eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: NTH_2022 (3), NTH_2023 (19), Nano_2011 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 24 records in 3 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
fruit morphology
  • fruit_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (10-15 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_height (numerical): 7 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): drupe (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • fruit_colour (categorical): black (1); brown (1); red (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_length (numerical): 90.5 mm (36-145 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 38 mm (18-58 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 0.6 cm (0.4-0.8 cm) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); narrowly_elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1); oblong (1); obtrullate (1); widely_elliptical (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1); cuneate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_serrate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • leaf_arrangement (categorical): distichous (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
life history
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
NTH_20231419D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NTH_202233D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Nano_201122C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.