Kaadu Jaane / Climbing Crossberry
Grewia heterotricha
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Grewia heterotricha
- Genus
- Grewia
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Australia
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Endangered (EN)
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 Kaadu Jaane itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- Kaadu Jaane, Kaaluvaame, Kadujane, Kalavame, Kalluami, Motadhamni, Bilisuri
- Tamil
- Atipala, Chakkarapantacceti, Chakkarapantam, Chirututti, Kalaitavam, Kalaitavattutti, Talini, Talinittutti, Tampuli, Tampulitutti
About Kaadu Jaane
Climbing Crossberry (Grewia heterotricha) is a climbing shrub in the Tiliaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and 1 other states. It grows in deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Kaadu Jaane belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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