Ghat Crossberry
Grewia umbellifera
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- December-February
How to identify Ghat Crossberry
Identify Ghat Crossberry 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.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Flowers in umbrella-like clusters.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Umbel.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Tiliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Ghat Crossberry.
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
- Flower arrangement
- UmbelrecordedFlower stalks all radiate from a single point, like umbrella ribs.“Grewia umbellifera is a small, scandent shrub of the family Malvaceae which is native to India.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Ghat Crossberry itself; the rest are typical of the Tiliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഭസ്മവള്ളി
About Ghat Crossberry
Ghat Crossberry (Grewia umbellifera) belongs to the Tiliaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to February.
Tiliaceae
Lime tree/Jute family
Ghat Crossberry belongs to the Tiliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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