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Grewia orbiculata
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia orbiculata Rottl., Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 205. 1803; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 386. 1874; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 504. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 46. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 37. 2002.
Grewia rotundifolia Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 4: 92. 1804; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 118(84). 1915.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets tomentose. Leaves 5 cm across, orbicular, base cordate, margins minutely serrate, basally, 5-nerved, glabrous above, thinly pubescent below; petiole to 1 cm, stipules to 1 cm, lanceolate, pubescent. Cymes axillary, many in the axils, peduncles to 1.5 cm; pedicels 8 mm; sepals 8 x 2 mm, oblong, pubescent; petals 4 x 2 mm, gland surrounded by hairs; torus elonged to 2 mm; filaments to 1.5 mm; ovary hirsute, style 5 mm, stigma capitate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Palapetty, Pandaravarai
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