Malvaceae

Shiral

Microcos paniculata L.

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Microcos

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Shiral (Microcos paniculata) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (8)

Bangla: পিছন্দি
Burmese: မြရာပင်
Cantonese: 布渣葉, 破布葉
Chinese: 破布叶, 破布葉, 布渣叶, 破布叶（破布树）, 破布木, 火布麻
English: Shiral, Microcos
Malayalam: കൊട്ടക്ക, ഗ്രെവിയ നെർവോസ, ചകിരിപ്പഴം, ചേരിക്ക, ചേരിപ്പഴം
shn: တူၼ်ႈမႆႉမၢၵ်ႇၵွမ်း
Vietnamese: Cò ke

Synonyms

Arsis rugosa Lour.
Fallopia nervosa Lour.
Grewia affinis Lindl.
Grewia microcos L.
Grewia microcos var. rugosa Wall. ex Mast.
Grewia muenterii Walp.
Grewia nervosa (Lour.) Panigrahi
Grewia ulmifolia Roxb.
Microcos glabra Jack
Microcos mala Buch.-Ham.
Microcos nervosa (Lour.) S.Y.Hu

Flowers

In flower: June to September (from 123 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Toby Y, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ray Trainin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: CYL, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sindhu Haridas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: renjus box, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.