Grewia carpinifolia Juss.
Main specimen
Malvaceae
{ Nomenclature }
Jussieu, Antoine Laurent de (1804)
Tamil : Panripputukkan
Grewia biflora G.Don
Grewia rautanenii Schinz
Grewia rhamnifolia Roth
Vinticena carpinifolia (Juss.) Burret
(Source : The Plant List, 2015, http://www.theplantlist.org)
-Grewia : For Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712), a British physician and anatomist, a pioneer microscopist. He is the author of The Anatomy of Plants published in 1682.
-Carpinifolia : From the Latin carpinus-folium meaning "hornbeam-leaved".