Shrub less than 1m.

Grewia retusifolia is a small shrub suited to mine rehabilitation which can be collected at an economic rate with simple methods.

Dysentery can be caused by a number of different pathogens resulting in severe diarrhea, abdominal pain and other symptoms. Both Grewia latifolia and Grewia retusifolia became popular remedies for dysentry among early European settlers in Australia after aboriginal people first imparted knowledge of the medicinal properties.