Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MS018 : 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.

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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
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.

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.