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Grewia asiatica
Grewia asiatica
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Dr. Maulik Gadani
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Botanical Name :
Grewia asiatica
L.
Synonyms :
Grewia subinaequalis
DC.
Common Name :
Phalsa
Plant Family :
Tiliaceae
Plant Form :
Tree
Occurrence (Special Areas) :
Indroda Park
About Grewia asiatica Plant :
Habit :
A small tree, young parts hairy.
Leaves :
Ovate, acute, irregularly toothed, hairy below, obliquely cordate at base, stipules lanceolate.
Flowers :
Yellow in umbellate cymes, peduncles axillary, 1-4 together with 2-5 pedicels, bracts lanceolate, sepals linear-oblong, hairy.
Petals ovate oblong, notched, gland with white hairs, torus with a hairy ring at top, beneath the ovary.
Ovary hairy. Stamens numerous inserted on a torus.
Fruit :
Drupe globose, purple-red.
Flowering and Fruiting Time :
March-April
Significance :
Extensively cultivated everywhere for its fruits.
The ripe fruits are acid-sweet and sharbat is made from them.