Language                          Name

Kriol:                                  Dogbol

Marra:                               Guyiya

Ritharrŋu/ Wägilak:        Murrnyi'

Ngandi:                             Ma-merrngeh ; Ma-murrnyah

Wubuy:                              Murrnyang

Ngalakgan:                       Guyiya

Alawa:                               Guwiya; Guyiya

Rembarrnga:                    Jotmo

English:                             Dysentry Bush

Scientific name:              Grewia retusifolia

Group name for plants:   Small plants

'We boil the roots to make a tea to treat diarrhoea. We eat the orange Guyiya fruit. It’s sweet.'

- Betty Roberts

In the early dry season it produces fruit that turn orange when ripe.

Guyiya is a small shrub that grows to about 50cm high and has lots of stems coming out of the ground.