Grewia asiatica L.
| Synonym : | Grewia subinaequalis DC. Grewia hainesiana Hole |
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| Bangla Name : | Phalsa, Pisla, Pesondi, Datoi, Phepsia, Kapaija, Phuldamar, Naris, Deogola, Sakri. ,Tara Fru (Marma). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Tiliaceae |
| Disease : | Astringent, cooling, stomachic, aphrodisiac, diarrhea, fevers, tonic, aphrodisiac, allays thirst, burning sensation, inflammations, fevers, strangury, gleet and gonorrhea. |
| Description : | A shrub or small tree. Leaves 7-17 cm long, ovate or suborbicular, acute or subacuminate, sharply and often coarsely doubly serrate. Flowers in axillary cymes, petals yellow, oblong or ovate-oblong, about 6 mm long. Fruit globose, 6-8 mm across, red when ripe. |
| Distribution : | Forests of Sylhet, Chittagong and different Sal forests. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Bark contains taraxasterol, ?-sitosterol, erythrodiol ?-amyrin, lupeol, betulin, lupenone, friedelin and ?-amyrin. Heartwood contains ?-sitosterol. Flowers contain ?-lactone of dihydroxyhentiacotanoic acid, ?-sitosterol, flavonoids, quercetin, naringenin |
| Uses : | Leaves are used as an application to pustular eruptions. Marma tribes in Chittagong Hill Tracts use leaf-boil water as a hair wash to remove dandruff. Fruits are astringent, cooling, stomachic and aphrodisiac, useful in diarrhoea and fevers. The ripe frui |
| Habit : | Shrub |