Malvaceae
Phalsa
Grewia asiatica
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Grewia
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Common names
By language (28)
- Arabic
- نشم آسيوي
- arz
- نشم آسيوى
- Bangla
- ফলসা
- Burmese
- ဆင်မနို့ရည်
- Chinese
- 朴叶扁担杆, 樸葉扁担桿
- English
- Phalsa, Falsa
- Gujarati
- ફાલસા
- Hindi
- फ़ालसा, फालसा
- Igbo
- Falsa, Phalsa
- Kannada
- ಫುಲ್ಶಾ
- koi
- Фалса
- kv
- Фалса
- lah
- فالسہ
- lbe
- Фалса
- Marathi
- फालसा
- mrj
- Фалса
- mul
- Falsa, Phalsa
- Nepali
- स्यालफुस्रो
- Persian
- پوترو آسیایی
- Russian
- Фалса
- shn
- ယႃႈၵဵတ်းလူၺ်ၵႆႇ
- Sindhi
- فاروه
- Spanish
- Microcos lateriflora
- Tamil
- தடச்சி
- Thai
- มาลัย
- udm
- Фалса
- Urdu
- فالسہ, فالسے
- Yoruba
- Phalsa
Synonyms
- Grewia asiatica var. pierrei Gagnep.
- Grewia hainesiana Hole
- Grewia obtecta Wall.
- Grewia subinaequalis DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April (from 26 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: S.MORE, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Roland Muench, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Asit K. Ghosh Thaumaturgist, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Thornhill, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Youdale, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland Muench, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Roland Muench, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.