Grewia nervosa

Grewia nervosa

 

Botanical Name – Grewia nervosa

Common Name – Microcos,Shiral, Hasoli

Distribution

  • In India, it is found in Western Ghats and Northeast
    India

Habitat

  • It is found in semi-evergreen forests,
    sacred groves, and scrub forests.


Habit

  • Deciduous
  • Small tree

Specific Properties

Ecology

  • Lychee longhorn beetle feeds on the bark
  • Larval host plant of Tricoloured Pied-flat butterfly

Uses

  • Fruits are edible
  • Green manure
  • The leaves, fruits, barks, and roots extracts
    showed antidiarrheal, antimicrobial and insecticidal, anti-inflammation,
    jaundice-relieving etc.
  • The dried bark, roots, fruits, leaves of plant
    are ethnomedicinally used for the treatment of abdominal pain and diarrhoea,
    sore throat, damp-heat jaundice, fever, heat stroke, and is often served as general tonics and insecticides in traditional medicine.
  • The light to medium-weight hardwood is used for

Propagation

  • Seeds

 

 

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