Barcode: CAL0000003851

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Family: TILIACEAE

Scientific Name: Grewia tiliifolia Vahl

Collector: R. Sundara Raghavan

Country: India

Uses: The bark of the plant is having emetic properties; the thick mucilage strained is prepared by rubbing down the tuber with water and the strain is used as 5 tola 1 doses with 2 table spoon of the flour of Pamicum maliaceum as a cure for dysentery and opium-poisoning. The bark is used externally to get relief from irritation from cow-itch.