Grewia bicolorJuss.

WFO wfo-0000709772 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Grewia bicolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-06-10 / obs. 140457774
Grewia bicolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138520817
Grewia bicolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 138143749
Grewia bicolor, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 137971139
Grewia bicolor, photographed by Matthew Fainman
fig. e Matthew Fainman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 105022551
Grewia bicolor, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. f Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60198845
Grewia bicolor, photographed by Jens-Christian Svenning
fig. g Jens-Christian Svenning, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60141732
Grewia bicolor, photographed by Robert Taylor
fig. h Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126686651

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Native range 35 botanical countries

Regions where Grewia bicolor is native: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ivory Coast, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Oman, Yemen, India, Nepal, Pakistan AngolaBeninBotswanaBurkinaCameroonCaprivi StripChadDjiboutiDR CongoEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGambiaIvory CoastKwaZulu-NatalMalawiMaliMauritaniaMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZambiaZimbabweOmanYemenIndiaNepalPakistan
Native distribution of Grewia bicolor, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Botswana BOT
Burkina BKN
Cameroon CMN
Caprivi Strip CPV
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
DR Congo ZAI
Eritrea ERI
Eswatini SWZ
Ethiopia ETH
Gambia GAM
Ivory Coast IVO
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Mozambique MOZ
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Nigeria NGA
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM
India IND ASIA-TROPICAL
Nepal NEP
Pakistan PAK
Oman OMA ASIA-TEMPERATE
Yemen YEM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 14 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Grewia arborea Roxb. ex Rottler
  • Grewia bicolor var. dinteri (Schinz) Burret
  • Grewia cinerea A.Rich.
  • Grewia cubensis Turcz.
  • Grewia dinteri Schinz
  • Grewia discolor Fresen.
  • Grewia disticha Dinter & Burret
  • Grewia grisea N.E.Br.
  • Grewia heterophylla A.Rich.
  • Grewia kwebensis N.E.Br.
  • Grewia madandensis J.R.Drumm. ex Baker f.
  • Grewia miniata Mast. ex Hiern
  • Grewia mossambicensis Burret
  • Grewia pallida Hochst. ex A.Rich.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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