Grewia orientalis
| Grewia orientalis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Grewioideae |
| Genus: | Grewia |
| Species: | G. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Grewia orientalis L. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Columbia serratifolia Blanco. (in review) Grewia columnaris Sm. (in review) Grewia furfuracea Salisb. (in review) Grewia orientalis Vahl. [Illegitimate] (in review) Grewia orientalis var. latifolia Benth. | |
Grewia orientalis is a species of flowering plant in the India and Sri Lanka.It is threatened by habitat loss.
Common names
Malayalam = Payippala, Kayyonnar
Others = Kayyonnar, Payippala
Sinhala = Wel keliya, Wel mediya
Tamil = Koditaviddai
Physiology
Leaves - oval, rounded at base, blunty pointed apex, margins serrate to dentate, rough with stellate hair.
Trunk - much-branched, twiggy, young parts stellate pubescent.
Flowers - yellowish white, stellate tomentose pedicel; in axillary, or supraaxillary or oppositifolious umbellate cymes.
Fruit - dark yellow, subglobose, depressed, somewhat bristly, slightly 4-lobed fleshy drupe.
Ecology
Monsoon forest understory, scrub