Tadachi mara

Tadachi mara (Grewia tiliaefoliaVahl.) one of the native trees in kodagu grows up to 30 ft tall. It is a medium sized deciduous tree with rough brown bark and the inner bark is pink in colour.

Kodava

Tadachi mara

Kannada

Tadasalu

Botanical Name

Grewia tiliaefoliaVahl.

Family

TILIACEAE

Flowering starts

June

Fruiting ends

October

Uses

The wood is strong, used as timber and for making agricultural implements. Outer bark is consumed by elephants. Fruits are edible. Birds eat the fruits.