Dhamani / Dhaman
Grewia damine
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering
- July-November
How to identify Dhamani
Identify Dhamani by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: July-November.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dhamani.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Grewia damine
- Genus
- Grewia
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and scrub forests
- Native to
- India, Tropical Africa
- Distribution
- India, Nepal, Pakistan, Tropical Africa
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Tiliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dhamani itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Dhamani
- Tamil
- Unu
- Malayalam
- Unnam
- Telugu
- Cahrachi
- Kannada
- ತಡಸಲ್(ಲು) Tadasal ಬುತ್ತೇಲೆ Buttele, ಕೆಂದಲಸು Kendalasu
- Bengali
- Dhamin
- Sanskrit
- धनु व्रिक्ष Dhanu vriksha
About Dhamani
A member of the Tiliaceae family, Dhaman (Grewia damine) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. It grows in deciduous forests and scrub forests. Flowering and fruiting run from July to November.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Dhamani belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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