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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS104 : Grewia rothii DC.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : -  
Class : Magnoliopsida
Order : Malvales
Family : Tiliaceae - Linden family
Genus : Grewia
Species : Grewia rothii DC.
Plant Location in Melghat : Bori, Raipur  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)  
Plant Family : Tiliaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : -
 
Synonym : Grewia arborea (Forssk.) Lam.
Grewia excelsa Vahl.
Description : Small trees or shrubs. Leaves 3 - 16.5 x 1 - 5.5 cm, ovate-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or subacute at base, acute or acuminate at apex, serrulate, densely tomentose beneath, 3 - 4-nerved; petioles ca 5 mm long. Flowers in axillary, clustered cymes; peduncles 1.5 - 3.5 cm long; buds 35 - 5 mm across, subglobose, tomentose; pedicels 8 - 10 mm long. Sepals ca 6 mm long, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, tomentose. Petals ca 3 mm long, ovate-lanceolate; glands ca 1 mm long, elliptic. Stamens many; filaments 3 - 4 mm long, glabrous. Ovary ca 1.5 mm across, globose, tomentose; stigma 4-lobed. Drupes ca 5 mm across, globose, tomentose, edible. Fl. April- Oct.; Fr. June - Dec.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : remedy for Diarrhea and dysentery
 
Plant's Phytochemicals : -
Reference : ~ Londhe AN, Watve AV and Ansari MY; "Additions to the flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. (2002); 26(2): 385-395 PMID :