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Grewia serrulata DC.

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Grewia serrulata DC.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymGrewia acuminata Juss.
synonymGrewia barberi J. R. Drummond
synonymGrewia bipartita Wall.
synonymGrewia carpinifolia Roxb.
synonymGrewia coriacea Garcke ex Mast.
synonymGrewia cylindrica Burret
synonymGrewia densiserrulata Hung T. Chang
synonymGrewia didyma Roxb.
synonymGrewia disperma Rottb.
synonymGrewia glabra Bl.
synonymGrewia javescens Juss.
synonymGrewia jinghongensis Y.Y. Qian
synonymGrewia laevigata var. cylindrica Pierre
synonymGrewia lalpeta Buch.-Ham.
synonymGrewia mallococa Blanco
synonymGrewia mollococca Buch.-Ham.
synonymGrewia odorata Bl. ex Walp.
synonymGrewia orientalis Gaertn.
synonymGrewia ovalifolia Juss.
synonymGrewia pedicellata Roxb.
synonymGrewia pilosa Lam.
synonymGrewia racemosa Noronha
synonymGrewia scabrida Wall.
synonymGrewia sepiaria Roxb.
synonymGrewia umbellata Roxb., DC.
synonymMallococca crenata Blanco
synonymMallococca parva Blanco
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Kukur-sita
English
  • Kaori
Malayalam
  • Aanakottimaram
  • Kallai
  • Kottimaram
Other
  • Kaori
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Tree
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Small trees, bark greyish-white, smooth, thin with vertical striations, branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules lateral; petiole 5-10 mm, slender, stellate-pubescent, swollen tipped; lamina 5-13 x 2-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base acute or round, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin serrate, sparsely stellate-pubescent on both sides when young, glabrous when matured; 3-ribbed from base, lateral nerves 4-5 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, axillary in umbellate cymes; peduncles 3 times longer than petiole; sepals 5, free, 3-nerved, stellate pubescent outside; petals 5, white, ovate, shorter than sepals, often notched; stamens many, inserted on a short glandular torus; style longer than stamens; stigma fimbriate. Fruit a drupe, 1-4 lobed, globose, glabrous, greenish-black when ripe.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Status UNDER_CREATION
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        Habit: Tree
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: August-November
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Tree
            Tree
            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Wet ground, scrub jungles
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  India: Assam, Tamil Nadu

                  Indian Distribution

                  Throughout Assam

                  Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                  Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                    Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                      Global Distribution

                      Indo-Malesia and Tropical Africa

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad

                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        📚 Occurrence
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                        📚 Uses and Management
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                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. Matthew, 1999, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                        1. Grewia serrulata DC., Prodr. 1: 510. 1824; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 83. 1985; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 509. 1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 492. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 170. 2009.
                        2. Grewia glabra Blume, Bijdr. 115. 1825; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 97. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 33. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 70. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 94. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 72. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 44. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 107. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 39. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 36. 2002.
                        3. Grewia laevigata sensu Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 389. 1874, non Vahl 1790.
                        4. Grewia disperma sensu Dunn in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 118(84). 1915 non Rottl. ex Spreng. 1825; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 99. 2005.
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. Matthew, 1999, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                        2. Grewia serrulata DC., Prodr. 1: 510. 1824; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 83. 1985; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 509. 1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 492. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 170. 2009.
                        3. Grewia glabra Blume, Bijdr. 115. 1825; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 97. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 33. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 70. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 94. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 72. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 44. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 107. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 39. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 36. 2002.
                        4. Grewia laevigata sensu Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 389. 1874, non Vahl 1790.
                        5. Grewia disperma sensu Dunn in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 118(84). 1915 non Rottl. ex Spreng. 1825; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 99. 2005.

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                        OrderMalvales Juss.
                        FamilyMalvaceae Juss.
                        GenusGrewia
                        SpeciesGrewia serrulata DC.
                        📊 Temporal Distribution
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