Western Herbalism Properties
Traditional Uses
In Chinese folk medicine the roots of Grewia biloba have been used as a tonic and remedy for bodily deficiency and kidney weakness, while the ripe fruits are eaten as food (Chinese ethnobotanical literature). This medicinal use is distinct from its value as an edible wild fruit.
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Botanical Description
Grewia biloba, sometimes called bilobed grewia, is a deciduous shrub or small tree in the mallow family (Malvaceae, formerly placed in Tiliaceae), native to China, Korea, Japan and adjacent parts of East Asia. It typically grows 1 to 3 metres tall with slender, spreading branches and alternate, ovate to elliptic leaves that have toothed margins and three prominent veins from the base; the leaf tip is sometimes notched or shallowly two-lobed, a feature reflected in the name biloba. Small, star-shaped flowers with five narrow yellowish to greenish petals are borne in short axillary clusters in summer. The fruit is a small, rounded to two-lobed drupe that ripens orange to reddish and is fleshy and edible when mature. The plant grows on hillsides, in scrub, thickets and forest margins, and is fairly drought-tolerant. The variety parviflora is widespread in China, where the shrub is a common component of secondary scrub vegetation.
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