Grewia asiatica L.
| Synonym : | Grewia hainesianaHole Grewia subinaequalisDC. |
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| Bangla Name : | Phalsa,Sakri,Pisla,Pesondi,Datoi,Phepsia,Kapaija,Phuidamar,Naris,Deogola TRIBAL NAME: Tara fru(Marma), |
| English Name : | Phalsa |
| Family : | Tiliaceae |
| Disease : | - |
| Description : | A large shrub or medium sized tree, Stem with greyish-white to brown bark, young shoots stellate tomentose. Leaves stellate hairy, clavate petiole; lamina greyish-tomentose beneath, scabrous above, broadly ovate to almost orbicular, obliquely shallow cordate at the base, serrate, acute to obtuse. Cymes mostly 3-flowered (dischasial), 2-6(-10) together in axillary clusters, peduncles densely hairy. Flowers orange-yellow,pedicels, densely hairy; bracts linear-lanceolate. Sepals oblong.Petals oblong,orange-yellow. Stamens numerous, filaments 4-6 mm long, orange-yellow, turning purplish, anthers oblong. Ovary globose, strigose, stigma indistinctly 4-lobed. Drupe dark purple, more or less globose, mostly entire or obscurely 2-lobed, hairy, mesocarp fibrous, acidic. |
| Distribution : | - |
| Chemical Constituents : | - |
| Uses : | Dandruff, pustular eruptions, astringent, cooling, stomachic, aphrodisiac, diarrhoea, fevers, tonic, allays thirst, burning sensation, inflammations, consumption, strangury, gleet, gonorrhoea, demulcent |
| Habit : | Shrub |