Grewia mollis

Grewia mollis is a widespread species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae, native to tropical Africa, Yemen and Oman.^[2] It is the source of grewia gum, an edible polysaccharide mucilage, similar in its properties to tragacanth gum.^[3]

Grewia mollis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Grewia
Species:	G. mollis
Binomial name
Grewia mollis Juss.
Synonyms[2]
Grewia africana Mill. Grewia petitiana A.Rich. Grewia velutina Franch. Grewia venusta Fresen.

It can be affected by a smut fungi, called Pericladium grewiae Pass., which was found on a plant in Eritrea.^[4]