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Grewia nervosa (Lour.) Panigrahi
Synonym
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Arsis rugosa
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Family
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Tiliaceae
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Local name
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English-Shiral
Malayalam – Cherikkotta
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Flowering and fruiting period
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August-April
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Distribution
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Tropical Asia
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Distribution in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Semi-evergreen forests, sacred groves and
scrub jungles
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Uses
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Extract of bark exhibited anti-lipoxygenase activity
indicative of its potential to control inflammatory activity.
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Key Botanical Characters:
Erect bushy shrubs; young stem, petioles, peduncles and
calyx densely stellate pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-18 x 3-5.5 cm,
elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded or
cordate, margins subentire to serrulate, densely stellate hairy when young,
glabrous on ageing except the nerve on both sides; 3-ribbed; petioles upto 1
cm long. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles; pedicels c. 1 mm long;
bracts 5-6 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Sepals 5, free, 4-6 mm long,
oblong-obovate, tomentose without. Petals 5, yellow, 2-3 mm long,
ovate.Stamens many; filaments 3-4 mm long.Ovary c. 1 mm across, globose,
2-4-celled; ovules 2 in each cell.Drupe 6-10 mm across, globose, purple on
ripening; seeds 1 or 2.
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