Grewia villosa Willd.

 
  • Family : TILIACEAE
    (Linden Or Jute Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : FALSA FAMILY (फालसा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Malvaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Grewia villosa Willd.
  • Common name : Mallow raisin, Mallow-leaved crossberry
  • Vernacular name :
    • Battigargale (Kannada)
    • Kharmati (Marathi)
    • Thottukalla (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Occasional in scrub jungles and Tropical dry deciduous forests along the Ghats in the east and west of the peninsula up to 650m. Also along river banks
  • Key identification features : Shrub with five nerved velvety leaves
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
  • Collection Date : 26/06/2009
  • Collection Nos : FAP 36430
  • Collection Locality : K.K. Kottala, Kadapa district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Visakhapatnam district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Prakasam district, Krishna district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, Anantapur district
    • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
    • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district,Aurangabad district, Beed district, Jalna district, Thane district, Pune district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dharmapuri district, Krishnagiri district, Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Ramanathapuram district, Tirunelveli district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Native : Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gulf States, India, Iran, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Pantropical
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
    • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
    • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
    • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
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  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Grewia villosa. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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