Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss.
Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss.
Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss.
Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss.
Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss.
Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 55 |
Synonym | : | Grewia arbutifolia Pers.;
Grewia aspera Roxb.;
Grewia hainanensis Masamune.;
Grewia hirsutovelutina Burret.;
Grewia macrophylla G.Don.; |
Plant Common Name | : | Dhaman, K- Sitagathalu, Mallow-Leaved Crossberry • Kannada: jani gida • Khasi: soh eitblang • Konkani: kowri • Marathi: kirmith • Oriya: ryna • Telugu: guvvatada, peddatada |
Plant Family | : | Tiliaceae |
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. |
Plant Location in Melghat | : | Chaurakund, Harisal,Dhargad |
Medicinal Use / Activity | : | It is used as a remedy for acne and a root decoction as a remedy for fever. |
Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
Plant's Current Status | : | - |
Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mallow-Leaved%20Crossberry.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Grewia+abutilifolia
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/229828
- http://www.ejpmr.com/admin/assets/article_issue/1509356104.pdf |
Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : |
Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
Order | : Malvales |
Family | : Tiliaceae - Linden family |
Genus | : Grewia L. - grewia |
Species | : Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss. |