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Botanical name: Grewia tiliifolia/tiliaefolia Family: Tiliaceae (Phalsa family)
Dhaman is a moderate-sized to large tree, attaining a bole length of about 30 ft. and a girth of 7 ft. or more. Bark grey or dark brown; leaves stipulate, ovate with oblique base, acuminate, crenate-dentate; flowers small, borne on thick axillary peduncles; drupe globose and of the size of a pea, 2-4 lobed, black and edible. Dhaman is a very close cousin of Phalsa फ़ाल्सा. The yellow flower resembles the true Phalsa flower very much. The main difference is in the leaves. The leaves of Dhaman are oblique heart-shaped, a characteristic shared by the Linden trees, which belong to the genus Tilia. The botanical name tiliifolia/tiliaefolia means, leaves resembling Tilia. Flowering: April.
Identification credit: Kiran Srivastava
| Photographed in Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai. |