| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Tiliaceae |
| Synonym | Fallopia nervosa Lour. |
| Synonym_2 | Grewia microcos L. |
| Local Name | Kottaka |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Erect bushy shrubs. Young stem, petioles, peduncles and calyx densely stellate pubescent. Leaves 6-18 x 3-5.5 cm, elliptic-oblong or ovate-lanceolate, base rounded or cordate, margins subentire to serrulate, apex acute to acuminate, densely stellate hairy when young, glabrous on ageing except the nerve on both sides, 3-ribbed; petioles upto 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles; pedicels c. 1 mm long; bracts 5-6 mm long, linear-lanceolate. Sepals 5, free, 4-6 mm long, oblong-obovate, tomentose without. Petals 5, yellow, 2-3 mm long, ovate. Stamens many; filaments 3-4 mm long. Ovary c. 1 mm across, globose, 2-4-celled; ovules 2 in each cell. Drupe 6-10 mm across, globose, purple on ripening. Seeds 1-2. |