Grewia rothii

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Malvaceae Edible: Fruit 2 iNaturalist observations

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Summary

Grewia rothii is a species of flowering plant in India and Sri Lanka.

Description

A shrub or small tree. It has many branches. The leaves are in 2 ranks. They are sword shaped or oblong and unequal at the base. They have a long pointed tip. There are fine teeth towards the tip. There are white hairs underneath. The flowers are in flat topped groups of 1-4 in the axils of leaves. They are small. The fruit is round and hairy.

Edible Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

Traditional Uses

The ripe fruit are eaten raw.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the understorey in forests.

Where It Grows

Asia, India, Myanmar, SE Asia, Sri Lanka,

Production

In India fruit are available July to December.

Notes

There are about 200 Grewia species. They are mostly tropical. The fruit of most may be edible. These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.

Synonyms

Grewia excelsa Mast. in part

Also Known As

Angolam, Bora daminiya, Homola-poto, Kolhache Andee, Kolupu, Mirichari, Phulari, Putiki, Siriana, Taviddai, Tayaw

References (6)

Ambasta, S.P. (Ed.), 2000, The Useful Plants of India. CSIR India. p 249
India Bioversity.org
Misra S. & Misra M., 2016, Ethnobotanical and Nutritional Evaluation of Some Edible Fruit Plants of Southern Odisha, India. International Journal of Advances in Agricultural Science and Technology, Vol.3 Issue.1, March- 2016, pg. 1-30
Misra, S., 2020, Survey of edible plants for human consumption in south Odisha, India. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) Vol. 7, Issue 12 p 278
Prafulla, S., 2017, Wild Food Diversity of Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve in Gondia-Bhandara district of Maharashtra, India. Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2017, Vol. 5 (4): 620-626

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