• 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 hirsuta Vahl
• Common name : Bran Plant
• Vernacular name : Gursakhri, Kukur bicha (Hindi); Kalunnu, Tavadu (Tamil); Jibilika (Telugu); Sonaranga, Sunaragoda, Kulo, Kukur bendi, Kukur pelia (Oria); Nagabala (Sanskrit); Kirmid (Marathi)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Deciduous forests, also in grasslands
• Comments / notes : Common
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy
• Collection Date : 15-11-2014; 22-10-2013
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-308; FAP 41898
• Collection Locality : Batrepalli, Anantapur district (AP)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Guntur district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Bidar district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Kolar district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • Odisha : Throughout Odisha in open forests
  • Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district), Kalrayan Hills (Salem district), Pachamalai Hills (Tiruchirapalli district), Bodamalai Hills (Salem district), Chitteri Hills (Vellore district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yelagiri Hills (Vellore district), Dharmapuri Hills (Dharmapuri district), Piranmalai Hills (Sivaganga district), Theerthamalai Hills (Dharmapuri district), Gingee Hill (Villipuram district), Javadu Hills (Tiruvannamalai district), Coimbatore district, Cuddalore district, Tiruvannamalai district
• Native : India
• World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
• 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; 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 Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District; N.P.Singh, 1988- Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District; 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; Kamble & Pradhan, 1988. Flora of Akola District, Maharashtra. Botanical Survey of India
• 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 hirsuta. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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