Grewia orbiculata Rottler
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Synonym
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Grewia rotundifolia Juss.
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Family
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Malvaceae
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Local name
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English- Round sage-leaved indian linden
Malayalam- Maakkallai
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Flowering and fruiting
period
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March-October
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Distribution
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India
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Distribution in Kerala
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Idukki, Palakkad
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Habitat
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Dry deciduous forests
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Endemic/Exotic
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Endemic to Deccan Peninsula (of India)
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Key botanical
characters:
Round-Leaved Grewia is an unarmed shrub or a small tree, growing
up to 4 m tall. Young branches are softly velvety. Leaves are broadly
elliptic or obovate, obovate-oblong, nearly round or obovate, 3-8.5 x 2-5 cm,
5-nerved, with toothed margin. Leaves are velvety above, and the base is
rounded. Stipules are lanceshaped, falling off. Yellow flowers are borne in
umbel-like cymes. Fruit is round, obscurely 2-lobed, hairy.
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