Grewia serrulata
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Description
A small tree. The leaves are narrowly oval or sword shaped and have teeth along the edge. They are thin and have 3 nerves. The flowers are greenish-white. They ar e in groups in the axils of leaves. The fruit are smooth and have 1-4 lobes. They are black when ripe.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten.
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Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in the lower Himalayas and up to 1,200 m above sea level.
Where It Grows
Asia, Himalayas, India, Northeastern India,
Production
Plants fruit December to March.
Notes
Also put in the family Tiliaceae.
Also Known As
Gar-bhimli, Litik
References (3)
- Balkrishna, A., et al, 2022, Indigenous Uses of Plants among Forest-dependent Communities of Seijosa, Arunachal Pradesh. International Journal of Economic Plants 2022, 9(1):064-080
- Murtem, G. & Chaudhrey, P., 2016, An ethnobotanical note on wild edible plants of Upper Eastern Himalaya, India. Brazilian Journal of Biological Sciences, 2016, v. 3, no. 5, p. 63-81.
- Upreti, K., et al, 2010, Diversity and Distribution of Wild Edible Fruit Plants of Uttarakhand. Bioversity Potentials of the Himalaya. p 174
