Sherbet Berry - Grewia asiatic - Phalsa - Falsa - 4" Pot

Phalsa is a shrub or small tree which can grow up to 12 feet high. Its bark is greyish-white or greyish-brown. The flowers are yellow and borne in densely crowded clusters. The fruit is edible, rounded, small dark blue to almost black when ripe, sweetish, with a great flavor. The ripe fruits are eaten as a dessert. Their taste and flavour are very much liked and they fetch high prices. A refreshing drink prepared from the juice, commonly known as phalsa syrup, is considered a delicacy in northern India, throughout the hot summer months. Medicinal uses: The fruit is supposed to possess astringent, cooling and stomachic properties. A spirit is distilled and a pleasant sherbet is made from it.