Malvaceae
Grewia tenax
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Grewia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- نبع, شحاط, شوحط, قضيم
- Hausa
- Shiɓoli
- Persian
- پوترو مکرانی
- Tamil
- அச்சு
Synonyms
- Chadara tenax Forssk.
- Grewia chaadara Lam.
- Grewia populifolia Vahl
Photos

Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sonu kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sonu kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Lalithamba from India, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sonu kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sonu kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lisa Ani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lisa Ani, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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). About our plant data.