Category: Grewia

Grewia villosa Willd., Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 205 1803. (Syn: Balmeda corylifolia Nocca; Grewia chaunothamnus K.Schum.; Grewia corylifolia A.Rich.; Grewia echinulata Delile; Grewia heynei Steud.; Grewia micropetala Bertol.; Grewia orbiculata G.Don; Grewia villifera Sweet; Grewia villosa B.Heyne ex Roth; Grewia villosa var. glabrior K.Schum.; Tridermia papillosa Raf.);   India: Occasional in scrub and […]

Grewia tiliifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 35 1790. (Syn. Grewia arborea Roxb. ex Rottl. [Illegitimate]); / India: Common in moist and dry deciduous, and semievergreen forests, up to 1400 m. Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Sri Lanka and Tropical E. […]

Grewia tenax (Forssk.) Fiori, Agric. Colon. 5(Suppl.): 23 1911 publ. 1912. (syn. Chadara tenax Forssk.; Grewia betulifolia Juss.; Grewia chadara Lam. [Illegitimate]; Grewia populifolia Vahl [Illegitimate]; Grewia ribesiifolia Hochst. ex Mast.; Grewia tenax var. capillipes Lanza; Grewia tenax var. glechomifolia Chiov.; Grewia tenax var. ribesifolia Fiori); . India: Occasional in scrub jungles. Jammu & Kashmir, […]

    Shrub: Could you help me identify the following plant please. A shrub 1-3 m tall, c. 3 cm diameter. Fruit not seen. Growing on low alt., 0-20 m asl. – In Microcos paniculata [Grewia nervosa / Grewia microcos] the venation is much more prominent. Therefore feel that this could be G. serrulata. – You […]

Grewia hirsuta Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 84 1790. (syn. Grewia montana J.König ex Wight & Arn.; Grewia obliqua Juss.; Grewia pilosa Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Grewia roxburghii G.Don; Grewia tomentosa Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. [Illegitimate]; Grewia trichodes Voigt); . India: Fairly common in deciduous forests. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, […]

Grewia flavescens Juss., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 4: 91 1804. (Syn; Grewia aspera Schinz; Grewia bipartita Wall. [Invalid]; Grewia carpinifolia Roxb. [Illegitimate]; Grewia commutata DC.; Grewia fabreguesii E.Boudour.; Grewia flavescens var. brevipedunculata Burret; Grewia orientalis Gaertn. [Illegitimate]; Grewia pilosa Lam. ex Poir.; Grewia platyclada K.Schum.; Vincentia platyclada Burret (unresolved); Vinticena flavescens (Juss.) Burret; Vinticena platyclada […]

Grewia damine Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 113 1790. (syn. Grewia bicolor Juss.; Grewia cinerea A.Rich.; Grewia dinteri Schinz; Grewia discolor Fresen.; Grewia disticha Dinter & Burret; Grewia grisea N.E.Br.; Grewia heterophylla A.Rich.; Grewia kwebensis N.E.Br.; Grewia madandensis J.R.Drumm. ex Baker f.; Grewia miniata Mast. ex Hiern; Grewia mossambicensis Burret; Grewia pallida Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Grewia […]

Grewia asiatica L., Mant. Pl. 1: 122 1767. (syn. Grewia hainesiana Hole; Grewia obtecta Wall.; Grewia subinaequalis DC.;                          (=) Microcos lateriflora L.); . India: Common in deciduous and semi evergreen forests. Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu; also […]