Kukurbicha / Bran Plant
Grewia hirsuta
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kukurbicha
Identify Kukurbicha by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Densely hairy stems and leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kukurbicha.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Grewia hirsuta
- Genus
- Grewia
- Family
- Tiliaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests, also in grasslands
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Manipur, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Kukurbicha itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Kakarundah, कुकुरबिचा Kukurbicha, phrongli
- Bengali
- Kukurbicha
- Tamil
- Kalunnu, Tavidu, Tavadu
- Kannada
- Udipe, Dadachelu, Gandaudipe
- Marathi
- Govli
About Kukurbicha
A member of the Tiliaceae family, Bran Plant (Grewia hirsuta) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 7 other states. It grows in deciduous forests, also in grasslands. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Kukurbicha belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
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