- Family : TILIACEAE
(Linden Or Jute Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Synonym(s) : Grewia asiatica var. pierrei Gagnep. in H.Lecomte (ed.), Fl. Indo-Chine 1: 537 (1911); Grewia hainesiana Hole; Grewia obtecta Wall.; Grewia subinaequalis DC.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Grewia asiatica L.
- Common name : Phalsa
- Vernacular name :
- Phalsa (Hindi)
- Phalsi (Marathi)
- Palastri (Telugu)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Occasional in Eastern Ghats. The fruits are edible and mostly eaten by birds.
- Key identification features : Fruit is edible and slightly acrid when unripe.
- Flower, Fruit : November-August
- Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
- Collection Date : 14/04/1964
- Collection Nos : CS 8717
- Collection Locality : Lal Bagh Gardens, Bangalore
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
- Maharashtra : Nagpur district, Yavatmal district
- Odisha : Sambalpur district
- Tamil Nadu : Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Iran, Laos, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Iran, Laos, Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Réunion, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
- Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1. pp.204
- 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 asiatica. Downloaded on 13 December 2024.
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