• Family : MYRSINACEAE
  (Myrsine Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
• Synonym(s) : Ardisia basaal Roem. & Schult.; Ardisia tsjeriam-cottam Roem. & Schult.; Dauceria acuta Dennst.; Dauceria obtusa Dennst.; Embelia acuta (Dennst.) Alston; Embelia acutipetala S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida; Embelia basaal (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.; Embelia basaal subsp. ferruginea (Wall. ex A.DC.) Panigrahi & Murti; Embelia ferruginea Wall. ex A.DC.; Embelia obtusa Alston; Embelia picta A.DC.; Embelia robusta Roxb.; Embelia tsjeriam-cottam var. ferruginea (Wall. ex A.DC.) Harid. & R.R.Rao; Embelia villosa A.DC.; Embelia villosa Wall.; Pattara acuta Raf.; Pattara basal Raf.; Ribesiodes robustum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Ribesiodes villosum (Wall.) Kuntze; Samara picta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Samara robusta Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kurz
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.
• Common name : Wind-berry
• Vernacular name :
  • Bhabhiramg, Baibirang (Hindi)
  • Amti (Kannada)
  • Kakkandankai (Tamil)
  • Baibedanga, Nuninunika, Baibiring, Nununia, Bhaibirang (Oria)
  • Ammimuriyan, Cheriyannattam, Eeshaal (Malayalam)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, open forests and plains
• Key identification features : Shrubs, up to 3 m high; younger branches ferruginously tomentose; Leaves elliptic to obovate-elliptic, entire, glabrous; Flowers in axillary dense racemes, greenish white; Fruits globose.
• Flower, Fruit : May-January
• Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
• Collection Date : 24/05/1979
• Collection Nos : KFP 7892
• Collection Locality : Jagalbet, Uttara Kannada district
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : West Godavari district, East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Krishna district, Vizianagaram district, Kurnool district, Chittoor district
  • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
  • Odisha : Sambalpur district, Puri district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Koraput district
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Kangra district
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
• Literature :
  • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 120
  • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 447-448
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Embelia tsjeriam-cottam
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Embelia tsjeriam-cottam. Downloaded on 16 February 2026.

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