Grewia abutilifolia Vent. ex Juss.

 
  • Family : TILIACEAE
    (Linden Or Jute Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Grewia aspera Roxb.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Grewia abutilifolia Vent. ex Juss.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kaviya (Tamil)
    • Guvvatada (Telugu)
    • Bhamola, Ryna (Oria)
    • Chikankarbat, Chikan Kharata, Kharphulsa, Kirmith (Marathi)
    • Pampukonta (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Deciduous forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests and hill slopes up to 1400m.
  • Comments / notes : Common in high elevations. This is one of the largest leaved species in Grewia.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-October
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Krishna district
    • Kerala : Kasaragod district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Keonjhar district
    • Tamil Nadu : Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Tiruvannamalai district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Villipuram district, Cuddalore district, Tiruchirapalli district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats 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
    • 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.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Grewia abutilifolia. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

Botanical Description

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Line Drawings

Field Image(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.