Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Tiliaceae
Grewia erythraea Schweinf.
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Description:
Aperennial, woody dense shrub with the height up to 150 cm. Leaves ovate to rounded with
dentate margins attached with small stalk. Flowers usually single, white about 2 cm across.
Fruit 2-4 lobed drupe, dark yellow to red, glabrous.
Flowering Period:
August to February.
Habitat:
Found in gravelly and hilly slopes.
Uses:
Fruit is edible and medicinally used as tranquillizer to treat
headache.
Distribution:
Arabia and tropicalAsia.
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