Plant: Grewia eriocarpa

Grewia eriocarpa
Woolly-fruited, Crossberry, Woolly-fruited Grewia
Talok
Malvaceae

Talok (Grewia eriocarpa) is a type of shrub or tree from the Malvaceae family (cotton family). The characteristics of this plant are that it can reach a height of approximately 3 meters, purple star-shaped flowers, four-lobed fruit (also called cross-berry or four-corner) which will change color from light green to shiny reddish brown to light purple when ripe, and alternate, simple leaves, have three clear leaf veins from the base, and can be slightly hairy, and the stem is cylindrical (round), hardwood, and has many branches. This plant grows at an altitude of 100 - 1,000 meters above sea level, with tropical and subtropical climate conditions and moist, sandy, or dry soil. The talok plant (Grewia eriocarpa) has benefits, namely as a traditional medicine.


 

Talok (Grewia eriocarpa) adalah jenis tumbuhan semak atau pohon dari famili Malvaceae (suku kapas-kapasan). Ciri-ciri tanaman ini yaitu tinggi bisa mencapai 3 meter kurang lebih, bunga berbentuk Bintang berwarna ungu, buah berlobus empat (disebut juga cross-berry atau four-corner) yang akan berubah warna dari hijau muda menjadi cokelat kemerahan mengkilap hingga ungu muda saat matang, serta daun berseling, sederhanam, memiliki tiga urat daun yang jelas dari pangkalnya, dan bisa sedikit berbulu, dan batangnya berbentuk silinder (bulat), berkayu keras, dan memiliki percabangan yang banyak. Tanaman ini tumbuh di ketinggian mulai 100 – 1.000 mdpl, dengan kondisi iklim tropis dan subtropis serta tanah yang lembab, berpasir, atau kering. Tanaman talok (Grewia eriocarpa) memiliki manfaat yaitu sebagai obat tradisional.

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Local Name
Cultural Group
Language
 
Sereja fuik
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Fataluku
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Category
Cultural Group
Material
Part Used
Color
 
Dyeing process
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Red
Joanna da Fonseca
I Wayan Sukadana
20 May 2009
Bark is used in red dye process when there is no morinda (Joanina Marques). Greweia identified from tetun dye list given by Tony.
Kulit di pakai untuk warna merah kalau tidak ada Morinda (menerut Joanina Marques)
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No technique given