• Family : TILIACEAE
  (LINDEN FAMILY OR JUTE FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Malvaceae
• Species : Grewia rothii
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Grewia rothii DC.
• Vernacular name : Pedda cipuru, Putiki, Kolupu, Siriana (Tel.); Miri Chara, Phulari, Homolapata, Banasuli (Ori.)
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : February-October
• Native : Tropical Africa
• Comments : Occasional in hill ranges of Eastern Ghats.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Bellary district (Karnataka State); Guntur district, Kurnool district, Visakhapatnam district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district (Andhra Pradesh State); Odisha State
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Tropical Africa
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• 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 rothii. Downloaded on 4 July 2024.

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