- Family : MYRSINACEAE
(Myrsine Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ardisia solanacea (Poir.) Roxb.
- Vernacular name :
- Bisi (Hindi)
- Manipushpam, Kozhuruchi, Kozhikkottai (Tamil)
- Konda mayur, Chiluka rekka, Kunti, Konda bhogada, Adavi mayuri, Pagadmulaka (Telugu)
- Kadna, Katapenga, Bat-guri, Narsinghara, Hadokonkali, Jhartarat, Nursingkara, Bantala, Khati phalo, Kudna, Tinkoli (Oria)
- Kuzhimundan, Molakka (Malayalam)
- Habit : Shrub
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : On hills above 1000m on shola floor, near streams
- Key identification features : Shrubs; branches spreading; Leaves obovate-oblong, coriaceous, glabrous; Flowers in axillary corymbose racemes, pinkish; Fruits globose, yellowish green, pinkish black when dry.
- Flower, Fruit : March-September
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Chittoor district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Guntur district, Krishna district, Kurnool district, Nellore district, Prakasam district, Srikakulam district, Vishakapatnam district, Vizianagaram district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nalgonda district, Khammam district, Mehboobnagar district
- Karnataka : Ballari district, Kolar district, Chamarajanagar district, Hassan district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Kottayam district
- Odisha : Angul district, Balasore district, Bargarh district, Bolangir district, Boudh district, Cuttack district, Deogarh district, Dhenkanal district, Gajapati district, Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Kandhamal district, Kendrapara district, Keonjhar district, Khurda district, Koraput district, Malkangiri district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Rayagada district, Sambalpur district, Sundergarh district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kanchipuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, China, Bhutan, India, Malaya, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, W.China, Tropical Himalayas
- 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
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- 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.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 117-118
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ardisia solanacea. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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