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Grewia obtusa
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia obtusa Wall. ex Dunn in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 117(83). 1915; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 46. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 37. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 99. 2005.
Grewia bracteata auct. non Heyne ex Roth 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 384. 1874p.p; Daniel & Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3:502.1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 486. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets dark, lenticellate, young ones brown tomentose. Leaves 13 x 5 cm, ovate-elliptic, apex obtuse, base obtuse, secondary nerves arched, glabrous, with hairy domatia in the nerve axils, margins finely serrate; petiole to 1.5 cm; stipules lanceolate, tomentose. Cymes leaf opposed, many flowered, white, golden tomentose; buds oblong, golden tomentose; peduncles to 1 cm; bracts 7 mm, linear; sepals 2 x 0.5 cm, oblong, curved when mature; petals 0.5 cm; torus 3 mm; filaments unequal, to 1.5 cm, white; ovary 4 mm, hirsute, style 1.2 cm; stigma capitate, laciniate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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, Yellow
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Mulangampetty, Karimala, Lower Moozhiar
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