Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) DC.

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Primulaceae
  • Species : Embelia tsjeriam-cottam
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.
  • Common name : Wind-berry
  • Vernacular name : Bhabhiramg (Hin.); Vaayu vidanga, Amti (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 2302, KFP 7892, KFP 11735, CJS 13582
  • Key identification features : A small deciduous shrub or a small tree. Bark is brown, horizontally cracked. Leaves are simple, upto 10 cm long, 6 cm wide, ovate to obovate, glaucous beneath, eglandular. Flowers are small (about 0.5 cm), white, corolla papillose inside. Fruit is a drupe.
  • Habit : Liana
  • Native : Indo-Malayan
  • Comments : Fruits are Pepper -like, hence used to adulterate Black Pepper
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Tumkur, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Bangalore; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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