• Family : TILIACEAE
  (LINDEN FAMILY OR JUTE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
• Species : Grewia abutilifolia
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Grewia abutilifolia Vent. ex Juss.
• Vernacular name : Kaviya (Tam.); Guvvatada (Tel.); Bhamola, Ryna (Ori.)
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : February-October
• Comments : Frequent in moist deciduous forests and cleared hill slopes up to 1400 m. Largest leaves in the genus.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Alangayam R.F. (Tiruvannamalai district, former North Arcot), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district) (Tamil Nadu State); Srikakulam district, Anantagiri Hills (Visakhapatnam district), Vijayanagaram district, Rampa Hills (East Godavari district), Horsley Hills (Chittoor district), West Godavari district, Krishna district (Andhra Pradesh State); Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Grewia abutilifolia. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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