- 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, Vishakapatnam 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 : Himachal Pradesh
- 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
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Embelia tsjeriam-cottam. Downloaded on 7 September 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Line Drawings
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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