Grewia multiflora Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 4: 89 1804. (Syn: G. serrulata DC., Prodr. 1: 510. 1824; G. glabra Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 115. 1825; G. disperma Rottler ex Spreng., Syst. Veg., [ed. 16] 2. 579. 1825, syn. nov.; G. didyma Roxb. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 549. 1831; G. diplocarpa Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 31. 1858, syn. nov. G. laevigata auct. non Vahl) as per efi thread and The genus Grewia (Malvaceae: Grewioideae) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India with a conservation note on the endemic G. indandamanica;
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India: throughout mainland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (North, Middle, South Andaman, Little Andaman, and Little Nicobar, Car Nicobar, Great Nicobar Islands); Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and Philippine (fide Chung 2006). It grows along the secondary forest margins, roadsides and open scrub forests as per The genus Grewia (Malvaceae: Grewioideae) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India with a conservation note on the endemic G. indandamanica;
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India: Common in moist deciduous and evergreen forests. Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andaman Islands); Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Indo-china, Australia, Malesia and Tropical Africa as per BSI Flora of India (Grewia serrulata DC.);
. GREW-ee-uh — named for Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712), an English physician and author … Dave’s Botanary ser-yoo-LAY-tuh or ser-roo-LAH-tuh — small-toothed – referring to leaf margins … Dave’s Botanary . commonly known as: serrulate-leaved grewia • Assamese: কুকুৰ সূতা kukur-huta • Bengali: পানিসৰা panisara • Hindi: भंसुली bhansuli, कक्की kakki, काओरी kaori, कठभेमल kathbhemal, फिरसन phirsan • Kannada: ಗುರಗುರಿ gurguri, ಜಾವನಿಗಾಲೆ javanigale, ಕಾಡು ಪತಂಗ kadu patang, ಕಾಯೋರಿ kayori, ಮುರಿಗೆ murige, ಸಣ್ಣ ಸಲ್ಲಿ sanna salli • Khasi: dieng tiewser, dieng tyrbhong • Konkani: गुरगुरी gurguri • Malayalam: ആനക്കൊട്ടിമരം anakkottimaram, കല്ലായി kallayi, നറുത narutha • Marathi: कावरी kawri • Nepali: भिमल bhimal • Odia: କାଠ ବିମଳା kath bimla, କୁଳକାଠରି kulokathri • Tamil: ஆனைகட்டி மரம் anaikatti maram, நாரத்தை narathai, உடப்பை udapai • Telugu: పెగల pegala, పొత్రికి potriki, తెగలి tegali . Flowers open in the evening like most white flowers and fade by morning. . Small trees, bark greyish-white, smooth, thin with vertical striations, branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules lateral; petiole 5-10 mm, slender, stellate-pubescent, swollen tipped; lamina 5-13 x 2-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base acute or round, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin serrate, sparsely stellate-pubescent on both sides when young, glabrous when matured; 3-ribbed from base, lateral nerves 4-5 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, axillary in umbellate cymes; peduncles 3 times longer than petiole; sepals 5, free, 3-nerved, stellate pubescent outside; petals 5, white, ovate, shorter than sepals, often notched; stamens many, inserted on a short glandular torus; style longer than stamens; stigma fimbriate. Fruit a drupe, 1-4 lobed, globose, glabrous, greenish-black when ripe. grewia serrulata: ID confirmation MS310311 -22 – ID requested: – G. serrulata .. – but it’s described as a small tree and not a shrub. However, definitions apart, in the field it does / can look like a large shrub. Malvaceae week :: Grewia serrulata: GREW-ee-uh — named for Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712), an English physician and author
ser-yoo-LAY-tuh or ser-roo-LAH-tuh — small-toothed – referring to leaf margins [image: Bhansuli]
Oct 18, 2008 at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary commonly known as: serrulate-leaved grewia • *Bengali*: panisara • *Hindi*: bhansuli, dun, kakki, kathbhewal, phirsan • *Kannada*: gurguri, javanigalle • *Malayalam*: narutha • *Marathi*: कावरी kawri • *Tamil*: anaikatti, narathai, udapai • *Telugu*: pegala, potriki, thegalle Distribution: ¿ Endemic to India ?
– [image: Serrulate-leaved Grewia] Even stamens and stigma so Clear!!! Grewia serrulata from Chakrata Kalsi road
Plants For id/validation-02: Grewia serrulata from Chakrata : Attachments (2). 4 posts by 3 authors. efi page on Grewia serrulata Species of Grewia? To me appears close to images at Grewia serrulata DC. These match with your another thread at Flora of Chakrata: Grewia serrulata from Chakrata Kalsi road
efi page on Grewia optiva Grewia multiflora (=Grewia serrulata) possibly!! Yes G.serrulata to me; as already suggested by … Grewia optiva efi pages on Grewia optiva & Grewia serrulata kindly send some more image of twigs if possible. To me appears close to images at Grewia serrulata DC.
These match with your another thread at Flora of Chakrata: Grewia serrulata from Chakrata Kalsi road &
Plants For id/validation-02: Grewia serrulata from Chakrata (exactly same images)
Are your posted images are from Dehradun or Chakrata as exactly same images you have posted from both places ? Yes …, May be, inadvertently posted same images.. grewia serrulata : Attachments (3). Grewia serrulata – Mulshi Pune29/10/2011: … the flower in the fourth picture with closed sepals is the faded flower. Flowers open in the evening like most white flowers and fade by morning. i would like to know more about the Family Tiliaceae and Malaceae. You mention that Grewia belongs to Malvaceae previously Tiliaceae. Till date we are putting Grewia genus in Tiliaceae family. Can you provide us detail information about this merging. . Malvaceae fortnight :: Grewia serrulata:Mulshi : SMP37 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 2 images.
Grewia serrulata
Mulshi Near Pune Grewia serrulata DC. Really beautiful caption!!!
Thank you for sharing. Tree for Id: 290912 RV 2: This is Muntingia calabura of Muntingiaceae family I am sorry I made a mistake. This is not Muntingia calabura, …, this should be Grewia serrulata. Flowers are in withered condition. Plz id this tree: pa78 – 8jan2013: This is Grewia serrulata [G.laevigata] locally called Kaori. My photographs of this are available at this link Grewia serrulata from Dehradun- NS 2010: (5 images) Affirmative. Please check the archives of this group for my photographs of this. Malvaceae Fortnight :: Grewia sp??- ::Goa :: PKAJUL91 : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2) Grewia sp. from Dudhsagar, Goa. Most probably Grewia mutliflora = Grewia serrulata Resemble to Grewia serrulata. Grewia serulata DC Malvaceae Fortnight :: Grewia sp??- ::Khandala :: PKAJUL92:: : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Grewia species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) Most probably Grewia mutliflora = Grewia serrulata Grewia serrulata DC . Names of Plants in India :: Telugu names of Grewia serrulata : 2 posts by 1 author. They are pegala, potriki, thegalle పెగల, పొత్రికి,తెగలి Thank you very very much …; this is great help. . Names of Plants in India :: Tamil names of Grewia serrulata : 6 posts by 3 authors. Some Tamil names listed for Grewia serrulata at Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh are: anaikatti maram, narathai, udapai
Please help me with the names in native script if valid.
Above names are close to Malayalam names: ആനക്കൊട്ടിമരം anakkottimaram, നറുത narutha … facebook.
… adding some more names, listed in Botanical Survey of India: pirunnu, thavannu, uduppai. Here are the Tamil scripts of anaikatti maram, narathai, udapai, uduppai Names of Plants in India :: Grewia serrulata DC. : 2 posts by 2 authors. Superb efforts, GREW-ee-uh — named for Nehemiah Grew, an English physician and author … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: serrulate-leaved grewia • Assamese: কুকুৰ সূতা kukur-huta, কুকুৰ সিতা kukur-sita • Bengali: পানিসরা panisara • Garo: bol-mengu • Gujarati: કાઓરી kaori • Hindi: भंसुली bhansuli, कक्की kakki, काओरी kaori, कठभेमल kathbhemal, फिरसन phirsan • Kachari: khau-khlem-maising-phang, khau-khlem-marsi, mithang-samjia • Kannada: ಗುರಗುರಿ gurguri, ಜಾವನಿಗಾಲೆ javanigale, ಕಾಡು ಪತಂಗ kadu patanga, ಕರಗೆಲೆ kargele, ಕರ್ಕಿಸೆಲ್ಲಿ karkiselli, ಕಾಯೋರಿ kayori, ಮುರಿಗೆ murige, ಸಣ್ಣ ಸಲ್ಲಿ sanna salli • Khasi: dieng-doh-thli, dieng-tiew-ser, dieng-tiew-sat, dieng-tyrbhong • Konkani: गुरगुरी gurguri • Kuki: thing-nhap-khir, wai-thel-te-thing • Malayalam: ആനക്കൊട്ടിമരം anakkottimaram, കല്ലായി kallayi, നറുത narutha • Marathi: कावरी kawri • Mikir: rampak-arong, senam-longda, theng-rom-pa • Nepali: हर्श harsh, स्याल पुच्छ्रे syaal puchchhre • Odia: କାଠ ବିମଳା kath bimla, କୁଳକାଠରି kulokathri • Tamil: ஆனைகட்டி மரம் anaikatti maram, நாரத்தை narathai, உடப்பை udapai • Telugu: పెగల pegala, పొత్రికి potriki, తెగలి tegali
botanical names: Grewia serrulata DC. … heterotypic synonyms: Grewia barberi J.R.Drumm. • Grewia disperma Rottler ex Spreng. • Grewia lanceolata Miq. • Grewia sepiaria Roxb. ex G.Don … more at POWO
Bibliography / etymology
~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
serrulate-leaved grewia
~~~~~ ASSAMESE ~~~~~
কুকুৰ সূতা kukur-huta
কুকুৰ সিতা kukur-sita
~~~~~ BENGALI ~~~~~
পানিসরা panisara
~~~~~ GARO ~~~~~
bol-mengu
~~~~~ GUJARATI ~~~~~
કાઓરી kaori
~~~~~ HINDI ~~~~~
भंसुली bhansuli, कक्की kakki
काओरी kaori
कठभेमल kathbhemal, फिरसन phirsan
~~~~~ KACHARI ~~~~~
khau-khlem-maising-phang, khau-khlem-marsi, mithang-samjia
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
ಗುರಗುರಿ gurguri
ಕರಗೆಲೆ kargele, ಸಣ್ಣ ಸಲ್ಲಿ sanna salli
ಕಾಡು ಪತಂಗ kadu patanga, ಕರ್ಕಿಸೆಲ್ಲಿ karkiselli, ಕಾಯೋರಿ kayori
ಜಾವನಿಗಾಲೆ javanigale, ಮುರಿಗೆ murige
~~~~~ KHASI ~~~~~
dieng-doh-thli, dieng-tiew-ser, dieng-tiew-sat
dieng-tyrbhong
~~~~~ KONKANI ~~~~~
गुरगुरी gurguri
~~~~~ KUKI ~~~~~
thing-nhap-khir, wai-thel-te-thing
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
ആനക്കൊട്ടിമരം anakkottimaram, കല്ലായി kallayi, നറുത narutha
~~~~~ MARATHI ~~~~~
कावरी kawri
~~~~~ MIKIR ~~~~~
rampak-arong, senam-longda, theng-rom-pa
~~~~~ MIZO ~~~~~
varita-belkang
~~~~~ NEPALI ~~~~~
हर्श harsh, स्याल पुच्छ्रे syaal puchchhre
~~~~~ ODIA ~~~~~
କାଠ ବିମଳା kath bimla, କୁଳକାଠରି kulokathri
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
ஆனைகட்டி மரம் anaikatti maram, நாரத்தை narathai, உடப்பை udapai (or உடுப்பை uduppai)
~~~~~ TELUGU ~~~~~
పెగల pegala, పొత్రికి potriki
తెగలి tegali
~~~~~ x ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at
https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2023/01/grewia-serrulata-dc.html No bhimal ! Nepali incorrect name भिमल bhimal removed … PLEASE ID…. : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Date/Time-8/1/2017 Please check with Grewia serrulata … same as thoughts of … ID reauest – Flora of Uttarakhand (200609SS3) : Attachments (6). 6 posts by 4 authors. … most probably Grewia serrulata. this can be Grewia disperma from tiliaceae I assume G. disperma and G. serrulata are synonyms OR are they treated different. Grewia serrulata DC. is a synonym of Grewia multiflora Juss.
Grewia disperma Rottler is a synonym of Grewia multiflora Juss. Also finds mention at: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242422699 Flora of Nepal only mentions: Grewia disperma Grewia serrulata Grewia serrulata—-for validation : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3) Yes, It is Grewia serrulata. However our group is working on the species complex, the same element also can be fairly used for Grewia multiflora too. Grewia optiva J. R. Drumm. ex Burret ?? : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9) Wonderful and thanks … for sharing. Brought back memories of Pokhara where i was fortunate to have lived and worked for 5 years. To me also appear close to images at
Thank you …! Nepali Names : भिमल Bhimal / भेवुल Bhevul / स्याल फुस्रे Syaal Phusre / चिप्ले Chiple / फोर्सा Phorsaa To me appears closer to images at Grewia serrulata Yes, I guess Grewia serrulata DC. syn: Grewia disperma Rottler ex Spreng. is the right ID.
Nepali Names : भिमल Bhimal / खर्चोटि Kharchoti / खरी Kharee / सर्च्याट Sarchyaat / पाल्चा खरी Paalchaa Kharee / स्याल पुछ्रे Syaal Puchhre / हर्षा Harshaa Yes, it is Grewia multiflora (= G. serrulata) I could not find Grewia multiflora (= G. serrulata) anywhere. As you wanted details of Grewia multiflora, Pl. see details and publication at another thread: Grewia serrulata—for sharing Thank you …! And excerpts from recently published book from the Govt. of Nepal !
2 images from book inserted.
Grewia disperma Grewia multiflora Juss SN Aug15 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2). Nice caption thank you for sharing!!! Amboli Ghat :: Grewia serrulata FOR VALIDATION :: DVJAN94 : 6 posts by 3 authors. 2 images. Date: 23 DEC 2014 … Altitude: from 400 m to 700 m asl
Please validate whether Grewia serrulata. The fruit measured abut 10 – 15 mm across.
Grewia ¿ serrulata ? … (family: Malvaceae, Tiliaceae) efi page on Grewia serrulata It is Grewia multiflora =G. serrulata
=G. disperma
=G. barberi
=G. sepiaria …, please let us know the author citation for Grewia multiflora. Grewia multiflora Juss. Thank you very very much, …
81-TSP-ID-23JUN2016-2:Grewia sp @ Mathavara for ID. : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Kindly identify this Grewia sp. Habit: Tree Habitat: Wild, occurring by a roadside. Sighting: Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1200 msl Date: 12-08-2015 and 28-09-2015 Again nice compilation of Grewia apparently look likes Grewia multiflora= G. serrulata!! Thank you for sharing!! Thanks, … for Id. I think matches with images at Grewia multiflora Malvaceae Fortnight:: Grewia for id from Chakrata: NS July 10/10 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Grewia species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) Need to study, it is interesting specimens. Please upload pictures displaying underside of leaves, flowers at different angle so that petals can be seen and provide sizes of leaf, sepal, petal. Again a mixture of Grewia eripcarpa, G. asiatica and G abutilifolia, distinct one!! Does not matches with current species available in efi so far as per comparative images at Grewia Looking at leaves, it appears like Grewia flavescens Thanks, …
But much different from images at Grewia flavescens Juss.
I think also does not have distribution over there (Chakrata) as per details at this link. Grewia serrulata DC. Thanks a lot, … Charcoal tree and its fruit: Why it is called charcoal tree? is charcoal made from this tree? Yes, it is very fast growing and useful for producing charcoal. A species of Grewia, I guess. … a view of charcoal tree fruiting … http://www.flickr.com/photos/dinesh_valke/3187200273/ Appears close to images at Grewia serrulata DC.
I agree … Looks to me as Grewia serrulata. Grewia serrulata—for sharing : 12 posts by 6 authors. Attachments (3) ID-Grewia multiflora Juss.
May I request you to pl. check and find Grewia multiflora Juss. at any of the pages at
All the images under the given link Grewia serrulata are nothing but G. multiflora according to me.
Grewia serrulata DC, G. laevigata auct. non Vahl, G. sepiaria Roxb. ex G.Don,G. disperma Rottler ex Sprengel, G. glabra Blume, G. barberi J.R. Drumm. ex Dunn, G. diplocarpa Thwaites are synonyms of G. multiflora Juss.
The original illustration of G. multiflora Juss. is attached herewith for your reference.
Attachments (1)
I am agree with …! See our article related Grewia multiflora and synonymy.
Attachments (1) – Grewias in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.pdf- 2 mb.
Grewia sp for ID – efloraofindia | Google Groups Location: Ranimahal, Palpa
Date: 25 September 2019
Elevation:453 m.
Habit : Wild
Syn : Grewia disperma Rottler ex Spreng.
Attachments (3)-1, 2 & 3 mb. Grewia serrulata :: Iruppu Falls, Coorg :: 12 NOV 19 : 1 post by 1 author. 2 images.
Iruppu Falls Coorg Date: November 12, 2019 … Altitude range: about 850 – 1,000 m (2,800 – 3,300 ft) asl
Grewia serrulata DC. Grewia serrulata :: Banasura Sagar Dam, Wayanad :: 15 NOV 19 : 4 posts by 3 authors. 7 images. yes, grewia serrulata and a larval host plant for butterflies Wild shrub id from Bangladesh_SM_1510 : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)
Flowering and Picture taken : May, 2018
Habitat: Rod side, village Thicket
Location: Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Grewia sp. Please check
Closest I can is Grewia optiva J. R. Drumm. ex Burret as per comparative images at Grewia
It is either G. serrulata or G. multiflora which is a complex I am currently working on. Definitely not G. optiva. Grewia laevigata Vahl ! Grewia multiflora Juss. Given a small account of Grewia multiflora and its synonyms while working on Grewias of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Kindly check,
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4794.11.12.14599-14605 Isn’t it Grewia serrulata Yes Syn. OK. . Grewia serrulata from Chikmagalur-GS140120 I agree with you … . IDENTITY : 59 a, 59 b, 59 c:
Attaching three images of a small wild plant bearing fruits. Will you please identify ? It is Grewia Appears to be Grewia multiflora . 234 ID wild plant: 15 images. Please ID wild plant,
Location: near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki District Kerala PIN:685607 Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 19.12.2021, 12.20pm Habitat: wild moisture Plant habit: tree, erect, branches, soft woody stem no heart-wood, long lasting Height: 06 meters Leaves: alternate, ovate, oblong, apex, size: 15×6cm or less Flower: axillary, racemose, 05 petals, diameter: 25mm, white, good fragrance Fruit: globular green into brown, diameter: 01cm Seed: Camera: mobile Samsung Galaxy A21s Yes, it is Grewia multiflora, dear …, thank you very much for ID my plant, Yes, it’s Grewia serrulata, . SK 3567 22 June 2022: 8 very high res. images. Location: Harthok, Palpa
Altitude: 1460m.
Date: 31 August 2021
Habit : Wild https://efloraofindia.com/2019/10/07/grewia-multiflora/
. Grewia multiflora: Pl. see discussions at efi thread . Nepali name(s) of Grewia serrulata DC.: स्याल पुच्छ्रे Syaal Puchchhre / हर्श Harsh
…: Please amend the FoI accordingly. Thanks very much … for help with these names.
But what do you think about भिमल bhimal at Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal … Please let me know if it is not valid for this species.
. References:
efi thread and The genus Grewia (Malvaceae: Grewioideae) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India with a conservation note on the endemic G. indandamanica
BSI Flora of India Flora of Eastern Ghats: Hill Ranges of South East India, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah, D. Muralidhara Rao, K. Sri Ramamurthy (2002) The Plant List Flora of China (as a syn. of Grewia multiflora Jussieu) Dinesh Valke’s Flickr Post Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Forest Flora of Andhra Pradesh Aluka – Entry for GREWIA leptopus Ulbr. [family Malvaceae] Species Detail
Further References:
Flora of China Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Grewia disperma Rottb. syn: Grewia didyma Roxb. ex G. Don, Grewia glabra Blume, Grewia sepiaria Roxb. ex G. Don)) The Plant List (Grewia disperma Rottler ex Spreng. as a syn. of Grewia serrulata DC.) India Biodiversity Portal (Grewia disperma Rottl. ex Spreng.) India Biodiversity Portal (Grewia multiflora) Partial Synonymy of Grewia |