Herbarium JCB

Grewia villosa Willd.

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 villosa Willd.
Common name : Mallow raisin, Mallow-leaved crossberry
Vernacular name : Battigargale (Kannada); Kharmati (Marathi); Thottukalla (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Occasional in scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests along the Ghats in the east and west of the peninsula up to 650m. Also along river banks
Key identification features : Shrub with five nerved velvety leaves
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
Collection Date : 26/06/2009
Collection Nos : FAP 36430
Collection Locality : K.K. Kottala, Kadapa district (AP)
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Prakasam district, Krishna district, Kadapa district, Anantapur district
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
- Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district,Aurangabad district, Beed district, Jalna district, Thane district, Pune district
- Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Krishnagiri district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district
World Distribution : Pantropical
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; 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 villosa. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.