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Grewia tiliifolia is a medium-sized tree (up to about 8 m) native to monsoon forests and forest edges across South and Southeast Asia. It is mainly grown for its shade, medicinal bark and roots, and edible fruit, and is tolerant of heat and seasonal drought.
Grewia tiliifolia (syn. Grewia damine) is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae sensu lato.
A tree reaching 8 m (26 ft), it is found in monsoon and intermediate forest gaps and fringes of Sri Lanka, where the plant is known as "daminiya" in Sinhala and "taṭacci" in Tamil. It is also found in Pakistan (Sind, Punjab), India (Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Peninsula), Nepal and Southeast Asia. Grewia tiliifolia is used in traditional medicine, using bark and roots for fractures, diarrhoea and skin diseases. Its wood is used for tool handles. The fruit is edible.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Grewia tiliifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
