Viburnum erubescens Wall. ex DC.

 
  • Family : CAPRIFOLIACEAE
    (Honeysuckle Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RASHINA FAMILY
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Adoxaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Solenotinus erubescens (Wall. ex DC.) Oerst.; Viburnum wightianum Wall.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Viburnum erubescens Wall. ex DC.
  • Common name : Reddish Viburnum
  • Vernacular name :
    • Ashaare (Nepali)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Forest, shrubberies
  • Key identification features : A small deciduous shrub, distinguished by its lax drooping long stalked branched clusters of white, cream or pink tubular flowers, borne with the leaves at the ends of short branchlets
  • Flower, Fruit : February-May
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Native : Himalaya to S. Central China, S. India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 170
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Viburnum erubescens. Downloaded on 4 December 2024.

Field Image(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.