Grewia asiatica

• 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.