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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 43

  • Scientific Name: Grewia tiliifolia Vahl
  • Family: Tiliaceae
  • Trade Name: Dhaman
  • Common Name: Chadachi
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: ചടച്ചി, ഉന്നം
  • Native: Indian Subcontinent to China (South West Yunnan, Guangxi) and Peninsula Malaysia
  • Specimen from: Thalippadam (Nenmara)
  • State & Region: Kerala, India
  • Date of Collection: Friday, May 18, 1979
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat & K. V. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: Large trees, bark dark brown or greyish-brown, Leaves simple, Flowers bisexual, yellow,Fruit a drupe.
  • Wood Anatomy: Growth rings are distinct. Vessels diffuse-porous to semi-ring-porous, medium to small, moderately few to moderately numerous, solitary or in radial multiples of 2, 3, occasionally in clusters of 3-5; filled with tyloses or chalky deposits. Rays moderately broad to fine, widely spaced; very fine, closely spaced, with a tendency of storeyed arrangement.
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