- Family : TILIACEAE
(Linden Or Jute Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Malvaceae
- Synonym(s) : Arsis rugosa Lour.; Fallopia nervosa Lour.; Grewia affinis Lindl.; Grewia microcos L.; Grewia muenterii Walp.; Grewia ulmifolia Roxb.; Microcos glabra Jack; Microcos mala Buch.-Ham.; Microcos nervosa (Lour.) S.Y.Hu
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Microcos paniculata L.
- Common name : Shiral
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, sacred groves and scrub jungles
- Key identification features : A small or moderate-sized tree often with a crooked or fluted stem, bark brown, thin and smooth, cut dark reddish brown, Leaves papery. Flowers yellowish-white, rather small, in terminal panicles. Drape blackish, the size of a pea.
- Flower, Fruit : August-November
- Collection Nos : KFP 1317, KFP 10948, KFP 12336, KFP 18115
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Maharashtra : Mumbai Suburban district, Kolhapur district, Raigad district, Ratnagiri district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district, Thane district
- Tamil Nadu : Tirunelveli district
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Laos, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Tropical Asia
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnataka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
- Balakrishna Gowda & A.N. Sringesh 2004 – Sringeri (checklist unpublished)
- Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi District
- M.R. Almeida (1996). Flora of Maharashtra vol.1.
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 105
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Grewia nervosa. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.
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