How to identify Shiral
Identify Shiral 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: Prominently veined leaves.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-November.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Shiral.
Plant Details
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 Shiral itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഗ്രെവിയ നെർവോസ, ചകിരിപ്പഴം, ചേരിക്ക
About Shiral
Shiral (Grewia nervosa) belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests, sacred groves and scrub jungles. Flowering and fruiting run from August to November.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Shiral belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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