Grewia villosa

Agro-ecological Zone
Lowlands

Growth rate	Management practices	Invasiveness	Leafing Phenology	Location
Slow	Thinning in pastures, coppicing	unknown	Deciduous	Kenya

Country	Rainfall	Temperature	Altitude	Soil
Kenya	200 - 800	unknown	500-1 500	Thrives in black-cotton soil and in sedimentary soils. Grows wild in stony and rocky, ferruginous soils

Common names/English	Kamba	Kikuyu
Mallow raisin	Muvu

Propagation Method	Seed shelf life	Pre-sowing seed treatment	Seed Dispersal
Seedlings, direct sowing at site	1year if kept cool in airtight containers		unknown

Family	Products	Niche	AFD Taxon	AFD Link	Useful Tropical Plant Taxon	Useful Tropical Plant Link	Ecological Services	PROTA
Tiliaceae	Fruits, Firewood, Timber for construction, Medicine, Fodder, Fibre	Live fence	Grewia villosa Willd.	Link	Grewia villosa Willd.	Link	Shade

Origin	Location
Native	Makueni