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Grewia abutilifolia
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia abutilifolia Vent. ex Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 92. 1804; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 390. 1874; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 83. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 93. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 493. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 71. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 106. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 39. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 44. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 36. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 99. 2005; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 485. 2005.
Grewia aspera Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 591. 1832; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 119(85). 1915.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pampukonta
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs, branchlets tomentose. Leaves to 13 x 9 cm, broadly ovate to rounded, scabrous above, densely ferrugenous, tomentose below, base truncate to subcordate, margins obscurely lobed at apex; petiole to 2 cm; stipules to 1 cm, lanceolate. Flowers many, white, turns to yellow, peduncles 0.5 cm, stout, tomentose; sepals 1.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent; petals 5 mm, tomentose; stamens unequal; torus 1.5 mm; ovary 4 mm, tomentose; style 1 cm; stigma capitate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and forest plantations
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vanchikulam, Thannikkudy, Pandaravarai, Thekkuthode, Kalleli, Attapady block-Mukkali, Thadikundu-Anavayee, Peradala, Nedumkayam, Kanjirakadavu, Saivila
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