Herbarium JCB

Grewia damine Gaertn.

Family : TILIACEAE
(Linden Or Jute Family)
Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : MALVACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Grewia damine Gaertn.
Vernacular name : Barkudi, Bihul, Khanota (Marathi); Chittijana (Telugu); Ulpi (Kannada)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Deciduous forests and scrub forests
Comments / notes : Occasional. Branches are used for making walking sticks. Fruits are relished by Sloth Bears and birds
Key identification features : Bark hard, dark coloured, fissured but not scaly, reddish layers within.
Flower, Fruit : July-November
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Chittoor district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Raichur district
- Kerala : Idukki district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, The Nilgiri district
Native : India, Tropical Africa
World Distribution : India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tropical Africa
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais 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; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Grewia damine. Downloaded on 3 April 2025.