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Grewia hirsuta
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia hirsuta Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 34. 1790; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 391. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 119(85). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 94. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 501. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 39. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 45. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 37. 2002; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 488. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 170. 2009.
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Description:
Undershrubs, branchlets tawny pubescent. Leaves 6 x 2.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, finely serrate, obtuse apex, oblique, puberulus above, densely tomentose below; petiole to 5 mm, tomentose. Cymes axillary, peduncles 1-3, to 1 cm, tomentose; buds globose, tomentose; bracts and bracteoles 3 mm, lanceolate; sepals 6 mm, oblong, tomentose; petals 2 mm, ovate, pubescent below; staminal filaments pubescent at base.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests, also in grasslands
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Ichampetty, Mangaladevi, Kuchimudi, Rope way Ghaut, Agali
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