Grewia hirsuta Vahl
Grewia hirsuta Vahl
Grewia hirsuta Vahl
Grewia hirsuta Vahl
Grewia hirsuta Vahl
MS020 : Grewia hirsuta Vahl
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 57 |
| Synonym | : | Grewia longifolia Buch.-Ham.;
Grewia montana Koen. ex Wight & Arn.;
Grewia pilosa Roxb.;
Grewia roxburghii G. Don.;
Grewia salvifolia Wall.;
Grewia saxatilis Buch.-Ham.;
Grewia sulcoria Buch.-Ham.;
Grewia tomentosa Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.;
Grewia trichodes Voigt.; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Kukurbicha • Assamese: huktapata, hukta-pata • Bengali: kukurbicha • Hindi: kakarundah, kukurbicha, phrongli • Kannada: udipe, dadachelu, gandaudipe, chikkudipe • Khasi: soh synting • Marathi: govli • Oriya: kakarolim • Sanskrit: gudasarkara, nagabala • Tamil: kalunnu, tavidu, tavadu, tavuttai • Telugu: chimachipuru, jibilike, chitti jana, jibilika |
| Plant Family | : | Tiliaceae |
| Description | : | Undershrubs, branchlets tawny pubescent. Leaves 6 x 2.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, finely serrate, obtuse apex, oblique, puberulus above, densely tomentose below; petiole to 5 mm, tomentose. Cymes axillary, peduncles 1-3, to 1 cm, tomentose; buds globose, tomentose; bracts and bracteoles 3 mm, lanceolate; sepals 6 mm, oblong, tomentose; petals 2 mm, ovate, pubescent below; staminal filaments pubescent at base. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | Along roadsides |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | Vata-pitta shamak, used for heart disease, cough, wounds and dyspnoea (root); in Diarrhea and dysentery (drupes); heart disease, fever (plant). leaves are useful in nose and eye diseases, anthelmintic. The root is
astringent to the bowel; useful in cholera, hydrophobia, kidney pain, piles, anthelmintic. Leaves and fruits are purgative, expectorants, carminative, abortifaciant, galactagogue; useful in splenic enlargement, eye troubles, piles, rheumatism pain in joints and in breasts. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Stem: beta-sittosterol, alpha-amyrin, beta-amyrine and foradol ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (1): Alpha-amyrin; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32625
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Kukurbicha.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
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| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : Dilleniidae |
| Order | : Malvales |
| Family | : Tiliaceae - Linden family |
| Genus | : Grewia L. - grewia |
| Species | : Grewia hirsuta Vahl |