Grewia rhamnifolia

Grewia rhamnifolia Heyne ex Roth;

India (Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu),
Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life;

Submission of Grewia rhamnifolia : 3 posts by 1 author. Attachments (4)

It is Grewia rhamnifolia – ref :

http://efloraindia.nic.in/efloraindia/taxonList.action?id=3524&type=4

Very common in A.P.

Thanks a lot, …

I think this is the same plant as Grewia carpinifolia in efi so far.

Perusing online resources, I feel our plants in India may correctly be Grewia rhamnifolia Heyne ex Roth as there is no such listing of Grewia carpinifolia in BSI Flora of India.

I am marking a copy to Sh. Nicolas Lagarrigue, Fench Botanist, Living and working at Pitchandikulam Forest Organisation, Auroville – Tamil Nadu, for necessary corrections in his wonderful website at http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/nomenclature.php?id=74

Our floras give it Grewia rhamnifolia only; thank you

Catalogue of life given it as accepted name; the plant is identified with BSI; it is very common here, I feel Grewia caprinifolia is incorrect for the Indian species.

Thanks, …, I agree with you.

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12012013 BRS 437: Pl. find the attached file contain photo for identification.
Location: Pichandikulam, Pondy
Date: 11.01.2013
Habitat: Garden
Habit: Woody climber.

Looks like some species of Grewia.

Supporting …

Could this be Grewia flavescens?

This appears close to images at Grewia carpinifolia Juss.

You can compare with Grewia bracteata!

I think close to Grewia orientalis

The pod is different, It is close to Grewia rhamnifolia which is abundant in the area.

fruit pilose, yellow in Grewia orientalis; fruit softly pubescent/ velvety in G.rhamnifolia, it is also eaten by local tribes

Sorry. I want to say Grewia rhamnifolia only.

Thank you …, sorry from you is never expected, you are more than many plant taxonomists

Grewia carpinifolia in Pitchandikulam Forest virtual herbarium are of Grewia rhamnifolia : 3 posts by 2 authors.

I have written to them for correction as below:

“Perusing online resources, I feel our plants in India may correctly be Grewia rhamnifolia Heyne ex Roth as there is no such listing of Grewia carpinifolia in BSI Flora of India.

Catalogue of Life also gives its distribution as stated in BSI Flora of India, while regarding Grewia carpinifolia, it gives distribution as Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, W-D.R.Congo (Zaire), NW-Angola, Sao Tome, Yemen (W-Yemen, Aden Desert).
I have also marked a copy to Sh. Nicolas Lagarrigue, Fench Botanist, Living and working at Pitchandikulam Forest Organisation, Auroville – Tamil Nadu, for necessary corrections in his wonderful website at http://www.pitchandikulam-herbarium.org/contents/nomenclature.php?id=74

But it has not been corrected so far. Pl. correct it.

For more details pl. see https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#label/1indiantreepix/160691ccfe5c3d38“

The Grewia carpinifolia is enlisted in the Flora of British India- vol I by J. D. HOOKER, C.B..and ‘the plant list’ mentions Grewia rhamnifolia Roth is a synonym of Grewia carpinifolia Juss.

The Plant List record is based on WCSP, which is under review as per link- thus should not be taken seriously.

Images at Pitchandikulam Forest are of Grewia rhamnifolia (as Grewia carpinifolia is not found in India as per this link & as per BSI flora of India (keys at link) and Catalogue of life distribution)

Same images they also put up under Grewia rhamnifolia also at Auroville Botanical Garden