• Family : MYRSINACEAE
  (Myrsine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PRIMULACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Embelia ribes Burm.f.
• Common name : Embel, Embelia, Vidanga, Baoberang
• Vernacular name : Vayvidamg, Bhabhiramg (Hindi); Vayuvidanga (Kannada); Vivilangam (Tamil); Vayuvidanga, Vidanga (Telugu); Vidanga (Sanskrit); Vayuvilangam, Vizhalari, Vizhal (Malayalam)
• Habit : Liana
• Habitat : Semi-evergreen and shola forests
• Comments / notes : Rare in plateaus of Eastern Ghats above 1200m. Fruits are reportedly anthelmenthic, used for digestive and dental problems.
• Flower, Fruit : March-August
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, Navendu Page & K. Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 23/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0609
• Collection Locality : Sanyasimalai, Yercaud, Salem district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Namakkal district, Salem district, Dindigul district
• World Distribution : Central Himalaya to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South China, Singapore
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• 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; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Embelia ribes. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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