Grewia damine

Grewia damine is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae.[2] It is found in monsoon and intermediate forest gaps and fringes of Sri Lanka, where the plant is known as "daminiya" in Sinhala and "chadachchi" in Tamil. It is also found in Pakistan (Sind, Punjab), India (Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Peninsula), Nepal and tropical Africa. Grewia damine is also used to make medicine, using bark and roots for fractures, diarrhoea and skin diseases.

Grewia damine
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Grewia
Species:
G. damine
Binomial name
Grewia damine
Synonyms
  • Grewia bicolor Juss.
  • Grewia cinerea A.Rich.
  • Grewia dinteri Schinz
  • Grewia discolor Fresen.
  • Grewia disticha Dinter & Burret
  • Grewia grisea N.E.Br.
  • Grewia heterophylla A.Rich.
  • Grewia kwebensis N.E.Br.
  • Grewia madandensis J.R.Drumm. ex Baker f.
  • Grewia miniata Mast. ex Hiern
  • Grewia mossambicensis Burret
  • Grewia pallida Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Grewia salvifolia B.Heyne ex Roth [1]

Uses - Wood- tool handles; fruit- edible.

References
  1. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2833017
  2. Heywood, V. H.; Brummitt, R. K.; Culham, A. & Seberg, O. (2007). Flowering Plant Families of the World. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada: Firefly Books. ISBN 978-1-55407-206-4.


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