Kaadu Jaane / Climbing Crossberry
Grewia heterotricha
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kaadu Jaane
Identify Kaadu Jaane by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Mixed types of hairs on leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kaadu Jaane.
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.
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