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Grewia rhamnifolia
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia rhamnifolia Heyne ex Roxb., Nov. Pl. 244. 1821; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 117(83). 1915; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 507. 1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 491. 2005.
Grewia orientalis auct. non. L., Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 586. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 384. 1874,p.p.
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Description:
Shrub to 3 m high. Leaves rhomboid-ovate or lanceolate, subcordate or rounded at base, crenate-serrate at margin, acute or acuminate at apex, 2-14 x 1.5-7 cm, glabrous, 3-nerved; petioles 3-10 mm long. Flowers in axillary or terminal umbelled cymes; buds ovoid-oblong or conic, 1-1.5 cm long, ribbed, tomentose; peduncles to 1.5 cm long; pedicels 1-2.2 cm long. Sepals lanceolate, 1.2-2 cm long, wooly-tomentose outside. Petals ovate-lanceolate, 5-7 mm long; glands ca 3 mm long. Receptacle angled, ca 1 mm long, glabrous. Androgynophore ca 2 mm long, grooved, wooly. Stamens many; filaments 6-8 mm long. Ovary globose, 1-1.5 mm, pilose; stigma 4-lobed. Drupes subglobose, obscurely 2-4 lobed, 1.2-1.5 cm across, brown-tomentose, yellow.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-October
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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
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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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