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Grewia tilifolia

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Grewia tiliifolia is a deciduous tree growing 12 - 24 metres tall. The bole can be 60cm or more in diameter. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its fibre, wood and edible fruit.

Uses

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Food

Grewia tilifolia can be used in Food. Mature fruits are eaten raw and used in preparation of sherbet (soft drink)[2].

Parts Used

Fruits, Bark.

Chemical Composition

[3]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Buttale
Hindi Dhamin
Malayalam Chadicha
Tamil Unnu
Telugu Tada
Marathi Dhaman
Gujarathi Dhaaman
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Madhura

Guna

Lagu, Pichchila

Veerya

Sheeta

Vipaka

Katu

Karma

Kapha, Pitta

Prabhava

Nutritional components

Cleome viscosa Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-A and C; Quercetin, Kaempferol; Glycosides; Threonine, Phosphoserine, Serin and Taurine; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc[2].

Habit

Deciduous tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature

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Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of the moist, lowland tropics and subtropics, where it is found at elevations up to 900 metres[5]. Grewia tilifolia is available from April to September[2].

Commonly seen growing in areas

Open woodlands, Shrublands, Grasslands.

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References

  1. Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.88, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune
  3. [Chemistry]
  4. [Morphology]
  5. Cultivation

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