Malvaceae
Crossberry
Grewia occidentalis
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Grewia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Afrikaans
- Kruisbessie
- Chinese
- 紫花扁担杆
- English
- Crossberry, Pink donkeyberry
- German
- Lavendel-Sternblüte
- Hebrew
- תות הצלב
- Japanese
- スイレンボク
- Persian
- پوترو غربی
Photos
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Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.