Shrub
Grewia asiatica L.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Grewia hainesiana Hole |
synonym | Grewia obtecta Wall. |
🗒 Common Names
Other |
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Shrub
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Cyclicity
Flowering: November-August. Fruiting: January-September
Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference.
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Morphology
Growth Form
Tree
Medium sized trees, ca. 8 m tall; stem with greyish-white to brown bark, young shoots stellate tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules ca. 1-1.3 cm long, narrowly oblique-lanceolate or falcate, petioles ca. 1.8 cm long; lamina ca. 5-19 x 4-15 cm long, broadly ovate or suborbicular, obliquely cordate or rounded at base, acute or acuminate at apex, crenate, scabrous above, tomentose beneath; secondary nerves 5-7 pairs. Flowers in axillary, umbellate cymes; peduncles ca. 4 cm long; buds ca. 6-11 x 4-5 mm, oblong-obovoid, ribbed, tomentose; pedicels ca. 1 cm long; sepals ca. 6-12 x 2-3 mm, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, tomentose; petals ca. 3-7 x 1.5-3 mm, yellow, oblong-obovate or linear-oblong, obtuse; glands ca. 1 x 0.7 mm, obovoid; stamens numerous; filaments ca. 4-6 mm long; ovary ca. 1.5-2.5 x 1-1.5 mm, ovoid, villous; stigma 4-lobed. Drupes ca. 7-12 mm across, red or purple, subglobose, obscurely lobed, pilose.
Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference.
Attributions | Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference. |
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Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Hilly areas as well as cultivated
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Cultivated
Common in deciduous and semievergreen forests.
Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference.
Attributions | Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: North East India; Indo-pakistan, Subcontinent & Other Tropical Countries
Indian Distribution
Assam
Global Distribution
India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Indian Distribution
Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference.
Attributions | Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Unani
Sowa-Rigpa
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1071
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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The flavor is like grapes. It is also used in making jams, pies, squashes and chutneys. The stems and the bark can be used to make ropes, baskets and are harvested for fuel. The bark is used as a soap substitute.
Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference.
Attributions | Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Folklore
The fruits are claimed to be beneficial for heart, blood and liver disorders, anorexia, indigestion, thirst, toxemia, stomatitis, hiccough, asthma, spermatorrhoea, fevers and diarrhea and are used for treating throat, tuberculosis and sexual debility troubles. The root bark is used for the treatment of rheumatism and urinary tract problems, while the stem bark is used in sugar refining. The leaves are applied to the skin for wounds and cuts and to relieve irritation and painful rashes. They are thought to possess an antibiotic effected and are also used as cattle fodder.
Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference.
Attributions | Ayyappan. N & V. Kokilavani, French Institute of Pondicherry, Compiled from various sources listed in the reference. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1071
- Sharma, B.D., Sanjappa, M. 1993. Flora of India: Vol. III: 494. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
Information Listing > References
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1071
- Sharma, B.D., Sanjappa, M. 1993. Flora of India: Vol. III: 494. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malvales Juss. |
Family | Malvaceae Juss. |
Genus | Grewia |
Species | Grewia asiatica L. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
👥 Groups