Herbarium JCB

Grewia rhamnifolia Roth

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 carpinifolia Juss.
Habit : Climbing shrub
Habitat : Deciduous and scrub forests
Comments / notes : Common in open hilly regions
Flower, Fruit : February-November
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R, Karuppusamy & Tilakar M
Collection Date : 16/06/2014
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-14
Collection Locality : Azhagar Hills, Madurai district (TN)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, Guntur district, Kadapa district, Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Rocky forests of Chilka (Cuttack district), Puri district
- Tamil Nadu : Alagar Hills (Madurai district), Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Coimbatore district, The Nilgiri district, Vellore district, Tiruvannamalai district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Thanjavur district, Tiruchirapalli district
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Eastern Himalayas
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; 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 rhamnifolia. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.