Grewia microcos
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MalvaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The round purple fruit are eaten raw and used as a masticatory.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in India on the Deccan.
Asia, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Northeastern India, Pakistan, SE Asia,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub or tree. It grows up to 16 m tall. The leaves are oblong and pointed. They are smooth. The fruit are round and purple coloured. They are 1 cm across.
Notes
There are about 200 Grewia species. They are mostly tropical. The fruit of most may be edible. These were in the Sparrmanniaceae and the Tiliaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Bolchupret, Soh jyldem
Grewia paniculata L.Microcos paniculata L.
References (6)
- FAO, 1988, Traditional Food Plants, FAO Food and Nutrition Paper 42. FAO Rome p 311
- Flora of Pakistan. www.eFloras.org
- Kumar, Y J. et al, 1987, Further Contribution to the Ethnobotany of Meghalaya: Plants used by "War jaintia" of Jaintia Hill District. Econ. Tax. Bot. Vol 11 No. 1 pp 65-
- Sangma, A. j. T., 2018, Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) used by Garo tribe of Rongram block in West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge Vol 18 (1), pp 151-161
- Syst. nat. ed. 12:602. 1767 - an illegitimate, superfluous name (ICBN Art. 52)
- WATT,
