Grewia tenax

Devendra Bhardwaj

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Sep 2, 2010, 12:25:10 PM9/2/10

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Botanical names	Grewia tenax
Local Name	गागन
Family	Tiliaceae
Habit	shrub
Status-	lc
Photo taken on-	7.12.2008
At-	Virat Nagar,Jaipur
Description	Furit best for bulbul.
	Regard,Devendra

Grewia tenax.jpg

tanay bose

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Sep 2, 2010, 12:47:12 PM9/2/10

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Thanks a new species from me

Tanay

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Muthu Karthick

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Sep 3, 2010, 1:24:31 AM9/3/10

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Yes, this shrub is Grewia tenax (Forsk.) Fiori

Also refer: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/White%20Crossberry.html

and pics of ripe fruits at: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/85ea6f593fff0e42/b41b8a106965f737?lnk=gst&q=Grewia+tenax#

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Shantanu

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Sep 4, 2010, 6:19:25 AM9/4/10

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Nice image of the strange flower of Grewia tenax.
Is it endemic to Rajasthan??

Shantanu :)

On Sep 2, 9:25 pm, Devendra Bhardwaj <devendra_bhard...@yahoo.com>
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Muthu Karthick

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Sep 6, 2010, 8:03:40 AM9/6/10

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Dear Shantanuji,
Grewia tenax is not endemic to Rajestan. It is also found in Tamil nadu.

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