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The large [[flowering plant]] [[genus]] '''''Grewia''''' is today placed by most authors in the mallow [[family (biology)|family]] [[Malvaceae]], in the expanded sense as proposed by in the [[Angiosperm Phylogeny Group|APG]]. Formerly, it was placed in either the linden family ([[Tiliaceae]]) or the [[Sparrmanniaceae]]. However, these were both not [[monophyletic]] with respect to other [[Malvales]] - as already indicated by the uncertainties surrounding placement of ''Grewia'' and similar genera - and have thus been merged into the Malvaceae. Together with the bulk of the former Sparrmanniaceae, ''Grewia'' is in the [[subfamily]] [[Grewioideae]] and therein the [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Grewieae]], of which it is the [[type genus]].<ref>Heywood ''et al.'' (2007)</ref>

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Several species, namely Phalsa, are known for their edible fruit, which are of local commercial importance. The [[astringent]] and refreshing ''Grewia'' [[drupe]]s are particularly popular in summertime. [[Folk medicine]] makes use of some species, which are reputed to cure upset stomachs and some skin and intestinal infections, and seem to have mild [[antibiotic]] properties. ''[[Grewia mollis|G. mollis]]'' is reputed to contain [[beta-Carboline|β-carboline]] [[alkaloid]]s<ref>Brown (2001)</ref>, though whether such compounds occur in other species too and whether they are produced in quantities to render the plants [[psychoactive]] has not been thoroughly studied.

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Grewia (Nehemiah Grew, of Coventry, 1628-1682, author of a work on anatomy of plants). Tiliaceae. Two or three woody plants slightly cultivated in southern Florida.

Grewia (Nehemiah Grew, of Coventry, 1628-1682, author of a work on anatomy of plants). Tiliaceae. Two or three woody plants slightly cultivated in southern Florida.

A genus of about 70 species of trees and shrubs in the warmer parts of the world, often having stellate pubescence: lvs. entire or serrate, 1-9-nerved: fls. yellow or rarely purple, in axillary, few-fld. cymes or terminal panicles; petals 5, with pits or glands inside at the base; stamens indefinite; ovary 2-4-celled: drupe 1-4-stoned. G. caffra, Meissn., from Natal, was intro. by Beasoner Bros, in 1891. A bushy plant with young shoots and lvs. glabrous and with purple star-shaped fls. borne during most of the year. G. denticulata, Wall., from India, was never described. Under this name Reasoner cult, a plant "resembling a mulberry in growth, which bears enormous quantities of acid drupes, about the size of cranberries; used for Eickling." G. oppositifolia, Roxbg., is a rough, much- ranched tree, with distichous, crenate-serrate lvs. and fls. in umbellate cymes, borne opposite the lvs.: fls. yellowish, the oblong petals half the length of the sepals. The species are little known in Amer.

A genus of about 70 species of trees and shrubs in the warmer parts of the world, often having stellate pubescence: lvs. entire or serrate, 1-9-nerved: fls. yellow or rarely purple, in axillary, few-fld. cymes or terminal panicles; petals 5, with pits or glands inside at the base; stamens indefinite; ovary 2-4-celled: drupe 1-4-stoned. G. caffra, Meissn., from Natal, was intro. by Beasoner Bros, in 1891. A bushy plant with young shoots and lvs. glabrous and with purple star-shaped fls. borne during most of the year. G. denticulata, Wall., from India, was never described. Under this name Reasoner cult, a plant "resembling a mulberry in growth, which bears enormous quantities of acid drupes, about the size of cranberries; used for Eickling." G. oppositifolia, Roxbg., is a rough, much- ranched tree, with distichous, crenate-serrate lvs. and fls. in umbellate cymes, borne opposite the lvs.: fls. yellowish, the oblong petals half the length of the sepals.

 

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==Species==

==Species==

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** ''Grewia biloba'' var. ''microphylla'' <small>(Maxim) Hand.-Mazz.</small> (= ''G. parviflora'' var. ''microphylla'' <small>Maxim.</small>)

** ''Grewia biloba'' var. ''parviflora'' <small>(Bunge) Hand.-Mazz.</small> (= ''G. chanetii'' <small>H.Lév.</small>, ''G. parviflora'' <small>Bunge</small>, ''G. parviflora'' var. ''velutina'' <small>Pampanini</small>)

* ''[[Grewia celtidifolia]]'' Juss. (= ''G. asiatica'' var. ''celtidifolia'' <small>(Jussieu) L.F.Gagnepain</small>, ''G. simaoensis'' <small>Y.Y.Qian</small>, ''G. yunnanensis'' <small>H.T.Chang</small>)

* ''[[Grewia ciclea]]''{{Verify source|date=June 2008}}<!-- name is untraceable, probably spelling error --> &ndash; ''andilambarika'' ([[Malagasy (language)|Malagasy]])

* ''[[Grewia crenata]]'' <small>(J.R.Forst.) Schinz & Guillaumin</small> (= ''G. malococca, G. persicaefolia, G. prunifolia, Mallococca crenata'') &ndash; ''au‘ere'' ([[Cook Islands]]), ''fau ui'' ([[Samoa]]), ''fo ui'' ([[Tonga]])<!-- Micronesica40:169. -->

* ''[[Grewia damine]]'' <small>Gaertn.</small> (= ''G. salviifolia'' <small>B.Heyne ex Roth</small>)<!-- note "G. salviifolia L.f." below -->

* ''[[Grewia optiva]]'' <small>J.R.Drumm. ex Burret</small> (= ''G. oppositifolia'' <small>Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don</small>)

* ''[[Grewia tiliifolia]]'' <small>Vahl</small> (= ''G. rotunda'' <small>C.Y.Wu</small>, ''G. tiliaefolia'' <small>(''[[lapsus]]'')</small>, ''Tilia rotunda'' <small>C.Y.Wu & H.T.Chang</small>)

==Gallery==

==Gallery==

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Image:Grewia flavescens (G pilosa)- Khatkhati in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9130.jpg|''[[Grewia flavescens]]'' flowers

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Image:Grewia flavescens (G pilosa)- Khatkhati in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9133.jpg|''[[Grewia flavescens]]''

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Image:Grewia flavescens (G pilosa)- Khatkhati in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9132.jpg|''[[Grewia flavescens]]''

File:Grewia damine in Hyderabad W IMG_9390.jpg|''[[Grewia damine]]'' in [[Hyderabad, India]].

Image:Grewia crenata.jpg|''[[Grewia crenata]]'' foliage

Image:Grewia tenax Bild0687.jpg|''[[Grewia tenax]]'' flower

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