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Grewia similis

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Internal ID UUID64401f07cebbe646744005
Scientific name Grewia similis
Authority K.Schum.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 118 (1892)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Grewia chlorophila K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 303 1903
Grewia coerulea K.Schum. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 263 (1895)

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre

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World Flora Online wfo-0000710313
USDA Plants GRSI3
Tropicos 32200721
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834566-1
The Plant List kew-2833417
Open Tree Of Life 5145863
NCBI Taxonomy 1670854
IPNI 834566-1
iNaturalist 546912
GBIF 4260231
EPPO GRWSI
Wikipedia Grewia_similis

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Review of Herbal Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Cancers in the East Africa Region from 2019 to 2023 Kudamba A, Kasolo JN, Bbosa GS, Lugaajju A, Wabinga H, Kafeero HM, Ssenku JE, Alemu SO, Walusansa A, Niyonzima N, Muwonge H Integr Cancer Ther 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10916491
doi:10.1177/15347354241235583
PMID:38445504
Ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants used by the people of Mosop, Nandi County in Kenya Maiyo ZC, Njeru SN, Toroitich FJ, Indieka SA, Obonyo MA Front Pharmacol 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10834697
doi:10.3389/fphar.2023.1328903
PMID:38313073
Medicinal Plants Used in the Management of Sexual Dysfunction, Infertility and Improving Virility in the East African Community: A Systematic Review Kyarimpa C, Nagawa CB, Omara T, Odongo S, Ssebugere P, Lugasi SO, Gumula I Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 12-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10439835
doi:10.1155/2023/6878852
PMID:37600549
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT Plants (Basel) 23-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143319
doi:10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:35631812
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Aggregatibacter aphrophilus in a Kenyan Maasai Adolescent Population and Inhibition of Leukotoxic Activity by Herbal Plants Used as Part of Oral Hygiene Procedures Lindholm M, Claesson R, Kemoli A, Mulli T, Oscarsson J, Haubek D, Johansson A J Clin Med 19-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8621963
doi:10.3390/jcm10225402
PMID:34830683
Conservation of Wild Food Plants and Their Potential for Combatting Food Insecurity in Kenya as Exemplified by the Drylands of Kitui County Mutie FM, Rono PC, Kathambi V, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 12-Aug-2020
PMCID:PMC7464302
doi:10.3390/plants9081017
PMID:32806636
On the hunt for the alternate host of Hemileia vastatrix Koutouleas A, Jørgen Lyngs Jørgensen H, Jensen B, Lillesø JB, Junge A, Ræbild A Ecol Evol 23-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6912922
doi:10.1002/ece3.5755
PMID:31871671
Strong positive effects of termites on savanna bird abundance and diversity are amplified by large herbivore exclusion Moe SR, Eldegard K, Rannestad OT, Okullo P, Lindtjørn O, Støen OG, Dale S Ecol Evol 23-Oct-2017
PMCID:PMC5723628
doi:10.1002/ece3.3513
PMID:29238538
Pastoralism versus Agriculturalism—How Do Altered Land-Use Forms Affect the Spread of Invasive Plants in the Degraded Mutara Rangelands of North-Eastern Rwanda? Wronski T, Bariyanga JD, Sun P, Plath M, Apio A Plants (Basel) 12-May-2017
PMCID:PMC5489791
doi:10.3390/plants6020019
PMID:28498334
Characterization of the goat feeding system among rural small holder farmers in the semi-arid regions of Uganda Nampanzira DK, Kabasa JD, Nalule SA, Nakalembe I, Tabuti JR Springerplus 18-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4408307
doi:10.1186/s40064-015-0961-3
PMID:25932373

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