Herbarium JCB

Embelia ribes N. Burman

Family : MYRSINACEAE
(MYRSINE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Primulaceae
Species : Embelia ribes
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Embelia ribes Burm.f.
Vernacular name : Vayvidamg, Bhabhiramg (Hin.); Vayuvidanga (Kan.); Vivilangam (Tam.); Vayuvidanga, Vidanga (Tel.); Vidanga (San.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0609
Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy, Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
Collection Date : 23/03/16
Collection Locality : Sanyasimalai, Yercaud, Salem district, Tamil Nadu State
Habitat : Semi-evergreen forest
Key identification features : A large climbing shrub, branches are slender, flexible, deciduous, the bases of which remains as deflexed spines. Leaves are lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, acute at apex, gland dotted and with glandular pits near the midrib beneath. Flowers are 5-merous, white, in terminal panicled racemes. Calyx-lobes are hairy. Petals are villous on both sides. Drupe is 5 mm across, globose.
Habit : Liana
Flower, Fruit : March-August
Comments : Rare in plateaus of Eastern Ghats above 1200 m. Fruits are reportedly anthelmenthic, used for digestive and dental problems.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Sirumalai Hills (Dindigul district), Yercaud Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State); Galikonda Hills, Sunkarimetta Hills (Visakhapatnam district) (Andhra Pradesh State); Simlipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district), Parlakhemundi Hills (Gajapati district), Kuthidya Hills (Ganjam district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Central Himalaya, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South China, Singapore
Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Embelia ribes. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.