Kingdom Plantae Family Malvaceae Genus Grewia | Order Malvales Subfamily Grewioideae Rank Species | |
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Similar Grewia transzambesica, Grewia retusifolia, Grewia robusta, Grewia villosa, Grewia latifolia | ||
Grewia damine is a species of flowering plant in the Malvaceae sensu lato or Tiliaceae or Sparrmanniaceae family. It is found in monsoon and intermediate forest gaps and fringes of Sri Lanka, where the plant is known as "Daminiya" in Sinhala and "chadachchi" in Tamil. It is also found in Pakistan (Sind, Punjab), India (Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Peninsula), Nepal and tropical Africa. Grewia damine is also used to make medicine, using bark and roots for fractures, diarrhoea and skin diseases.
Uses - Wood- tool handles; fruit- edible.
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