Falsa – Grewia asiatica

Plant family: Malvaceae (formerly Bombacaceae)

Plant origin: Southern Asia

Fruit description: Falsa fruit is 12mm in size, and purple to black when ripe, with a sweet-sour flavor.

Flowers: Colorful yellow flowers occurring in bunches, with large stamens and petals.

Growing conditions:

Uses: Eat fresh, in jams, or making sherbet flavored juice.

Medicinal uses:

Pollination requirements: Self-Pollinating

Harvest time summer.

Plant relatives

Special features:

Grown by method: Seed Grown Pot size: 100mm

Plant growing Height and Width for pots or in the ground planting: Grows to 2.5 metres high by 2 metres wide if Planted in a Pot. Grows 3 metres high by 2 metres wide if Planted in the Ground.

Shipping plant pot or planter bag size: 100mm