Grewia flavescens - Sandpaper Raisin

❏ Binomial Name : Grewia flavescens Juss.

❏ Synonym : Grewia aspera,Grewia carpinifolia, Vinticena flavescens 

❏ Family : Malvaceae

❏ Common Name : Sandpaper Raisin

❏ Tamil Name : Sembarandai

❏ Hindi Name : Khatkhati

❏ IUCN status : Not Evaluated

Grewia flavescens Botanical Description

Shrubs; branchlets pubescent. Leaves 9 x 4 cm, elliptic, stellately pubescent above, tomentose below, margins finely serrate, apex acute, base obtuse, truncate, transverse nerves parallel, somewhat broader above the middle, then abruptly acute; petiole to 0.5 cm; stipules to 1 cm, linear, pubescent. Flowers axillary, peduncles many in the axils, as long as the petiole; bracts ovate, puberulus; sepals 1.3 cm, oblong, acute; petals 1 cm, with a gland at the base; stamens many, to 10 mm; torus to 2 mm; ovary 2 mm, hirsute, style 1.5 cm. Fruit An obscurely 2-lobed drupe, wrinkled, densely stellate-tomentose. Fl. & Fr.: November-March

Grewia flavescens Medicinal uses:

❀ Fruit is edible. Branches are used for making baskets

❀ The roots used to treat menstrual problems, stomach problems during pregnancy and other disorders in women

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