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Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family

MS018 : Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss.

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Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 55  
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order : Malvales
Family : Tiliaceae - Linden family
Genus : Grewia L. - grewia
Species : Grewia abutilifolia W. Vent ex Juss.
Plant Location in Melghat : Chaurakund, Harisal,Dhargad  
Plant Category : Shrubs  
Plant's Current Status : -  
Plant Family : Tiliaceae  
 
Plant Common Name : Dhaman, K- Sitagathalu, Mallow-Leaved Crossberry • Kannada: jani gida • Khasi: soh eitblang • Konkani: kowri • Marathi: kirmith • Oriya: ryna • Telugu: guvvatada, peddatada
 
Synonym : Grewia arbutifolia Pers.
Grewia aspera Roxb.
Grewia hainanensis Masamune.
Grewia hirsutovelutina Burret.
Grewia macrophylla G.Don.
Description : Large shrubs, branchlets tomentose. Leaves to 13 x 9 cm, broadly ovate to rounded, scabrous above, densely ferrugenous, tomentose below, base truncate to subcordate, margins obscurely lobed at apex; petiole to 2 cm; stipules to 1 cm, lanceolate. Flowers many, white, turns to yellow, peduncles 0.5 cm, stout, tomentose; sepals 1.5 cm, oblong-lanceolate, pubescent; petals 5 mm, tomentose; stamens unequal; torus 1.5 mm; ovary 4 mm, tomentose; style 1 cm; stigma capitate.
 
Curated Medicinal Use / Activity : It is used as a remedy for acne and a root decoction as a remedy for fever.
 
Plant's Phytochemicals :
Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID :