| Synonym |
Grewia arborea Roth, Grewia
leptopetala Brandis |
Flower Color |
Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name |
Dhamin, Dhamin, Jujhana, Phalsa |
Flower Type |
Cyme |
| English / Trade Name |
Dhamin |
Flowering Period |
April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name |
Jujhana, Phalsa |
Fruiting Period |
July-Sept |
| Altitude |
Up to 1000m. |
Fruit Type |
Drupe |
| Habit |
Tree |
Fruit Details |
Fruit a drupe black, distinctly 2-lobed; sparsely hirsute. |
| Habitat |
Common in moist and dry deciduous and semi evergreen forest. |
Bark Type |
Rugged |
| Distribution |
India. Trop. East Africa, Sri Lanka, China |
Bark Details |
Bark dark brown or greyish-brown, rough, vertically striated |
| Distribution in Haryana |
Rewari |
Origin |
Native |
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Leaf Type |
Simple |
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Leaf Arrangement |
Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) |
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Leaf Shape |
Elliptic |
| Description of Species |
Evergreen tree, up to 15 m tall. Bark puling off. Leaves elliptic, elliptic ovate or ovate-rotund, obliquely cordate at the base, sparsely pubescent or tomentose beneath, 5-nerved. Flowers yellow, 3-6, in axilllary cymes. Sepals elliptic or lanceolate, tomentose; gland present. Stamens many. Ovary sparsely hirsute. Fruit a drupe black, distinctly 2-lobed; sparsely hirsute. |
Leaf Details |
Leaves elliptic, elliptic ovate or ovate-rotund, obliquely cordate at the base, sparsely pubescent or tomentose beneath, 5-nerved. |
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