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 cabinetwork.

Propagation:

·         Seeds