Fabaceae / Papilionaceae

Tiliaceae
Grewia villosa Willd.
English name: Mallow-raisin, Mallow-leaved ross berry.
Local name: Sindhi-Lanski, Urdu- Tamthar, Dhohan, Gangeti, Lonkes, Punjabi-
Jalidar.
Description:
A dome shaped much branched shrub, 1-1.5 m tall with pale-yellow or brownish yellow
flowers. Stem with ash-grey bark and young twigs are covered with dense fine stellate
tomentum.
Flowering Period:
March to September.
Habitat:
Usually found in dry hot plains and low-hills.
Uses:
The fruit is delicious and is eaten in Punjab and Sindh. The
root is used as remedy for diarrhea, the juice of bark is used
in urinary troubles, irritation in the bladder and gonorrhea.
Distribution:
Pakistan, West and South India, TropAfrica,Arabia, Egypt,
Cape Verde Isles and East Indies.
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