Malvaceae Week: Grewia tenax from Delhi

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Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 6, 2011, 9:57:39 PM9/6/11
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Grewia tenax (Forsk.) Fiori in Agric. Colon 5. Suppl. 23. 1912.
syn: Chadara betulaefolia Juss.

Local names: Kango, gwangi

Suberect to erect shrub. Flowers white (rarely yellowish white), solitary (rarely paired) on 1-2 cm long peduncles, 2-2.5 cm across; petals bilobed at the apex; fruit 5-7 mm, 2-4 lobed, orange-yellow with reddish tinge.

Common on old Delhi Ridge
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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
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SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
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Balkar Arya

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Sep 7, 2011, 3:18:22 AM9/7/11
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Nice Shots Sir
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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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