Grewia tiliifolia Vahl

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Grewia

Characteristics

Trees 5-8 m tall. Branchlets gray stellate tomentose. Petiole ca. 1 cm, softly tomentose; leaf blade nearly orbicular or broadly ovate-orbicular, (1.7-)8-13(-36) × (1-)6.5-9.5(-24) cm, papery, black-brown when dry, with sparse solitary hairs or glabrescent and hairy only on veins adaxially, lateral basal veins 2/3 as long as leaf blade, 1.5-2.7 cm from margin, each with 5 or 6 secondary veins, dark brown, abaxially sparsely hairy or glabrous, base obliquely cordate, margin serrulate, apex shortly acute. Cymes 2-6 per leaf axil, 3-flowered; peduncle 1-1.5 cm. Pedicel 6-7 mm, gray-brown tomentose. Sepals oblong lanceolate, 7-8 mm, softly gray-yellow tomentose on both surfaces. Petals yellow, shorter and narrower than sepals. Stamens many, in 5 fascicles, slightly connate at base, slightly shorter than sepals. Ovary 2-loculed, hairy; style slightly longer than stamens. Drupe subglobose, not divided; exocarp not separating from endocarp; drupelets 1 or 2. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Aug.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 5-8 m tall. They young parts are covered with star shaped hairy scales. The leaves are 7-20 cm long by 6-12 cm wide. They are oval with a pointed tip. The two halves of the leaf blade are unequal. The edge has teeth. They are hairy below. The base is rounded or heart shaped. There are 5-7 veins. The fruit are yellowish. They occur in large clusters of 10-12. The fruit is fleshy with a hard covering over the seed. The fruit has 3-4 lobes and is blackish. They are pea sized.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 11.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. They are common in Western India. In southern China it grows in open woodland and grassland between 600-1,600 m above sea level. In Yunnan.
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Open woodlands, shrublands, grasslands; at elevations from 800-1,600 metres in southern China.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The tender leaves are eaten. The ripe fruit are eaten raw.
Uses fiber fodder material medicinal timber wood
Edible fruits leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Central nervous system depressants (aerial part), Diuretics (aerial part), Hair loss (bark), Anti-bacterial agents (bark), Antineoplastic agents (bark), Antioxidants (bark), Antipruritics (bark), Aphrodisiacs (bark), Asthenia (bark), Contraceptive agents (bark), Cough (bark), Diarrhea (bark), Dysentery (bark), Disorder of ejaculation (bark), Emetics (bark), Epistaxis (bark), Expectorants (bark), Furunculosis (bark), Headache (bark), Hematemesis (bark), Hemorrhage (bark), Hemostatics (bark), Hypotension (bark), Counterirritant (bark), Laryngeal diseases (bark), Liver diseases (bark), Nasal disease (bark), Pain (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Spermatocidal agents (bark), Thirst (bark), Ulcer (bark), Wound healing (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Asthenia (fruit), Anti-inflammatory agents (leaf), Diabetes mellitus (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Uterine diseases (leaf), Fractures, bone (root), Leukorrhea (root), Pregnancy complications (root), Sprains and strains (root), Syphilis (root), Dysentery (stem), Antidote (unspecified), Cowitch (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Shampoo (unspecified), Soap (unspecified), Central nervous system diseases (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Emetics (unspecified), Fractures, bone (unspecified), Hypothermia (unspecified), Abortifacient agents (wood), Antidotes (wood), Emetics (wood)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 30 - 42
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Grewia tiliifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Grewia tiliifolia world distribution map, present in Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, India, Kenya, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:834597-1
WFO ID wfo-0000710353
COL ID 6L4N9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 710082
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Synonyms

Grewia leptopetala Grewia rotunda Grewia tiliifolia Grewia arborea Microcos lateriflora