Ardisia colorata Roxb.

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Tinus complanata (Wall.) Kuntze; Ardisia anceps Blume; Ardisia blumei A.DC.; Ardisia calothyrsa Scheff.; Ardisia colorata Roxb.; Ardisia colorata var. complanata C.B.Clarke; Ardisia colorata var. elliptica King & Gamble; Ardisia colorata var. polyneura C.B.Clarke; Ardisia colorata var. salicifolia King & Gamble; Ardisia confinis Miq.; Ardisia insularis Mez; Ardisia jambosioides Miq.; Ardisia linearifolia Miq.; Ardisia ovata Thunb.; Ardisia paniculata (Roxb.) A.DC.; Ardisia polyneura Miq.; Ardisia pulchra Ridl.; Ardisia samara A.DC. ex H.Buek; Ardisia sanguinolenta Blume; Ardisia sanguinolenta var. margimaly C.M.Hu; Ardisia stylosa Miq.; Ardisia volubilis Wall. ex Steud.; Ardisia zollingeri A.DC.; Ardisia zollingeri var. polyneura (Miq.) Hochr.; Samara paniculata Roxb.; Tinus anceps Kuntze; Tinus confinis (Miq.) Kuntze; Tinus jambosioides (Miq.) Kuntze; Tinus linearifolia (Miq.) Kuntze; Tinus ovata (Thunb.) Kuntze; Tinus stylosa (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ardisia complanata Wall.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, 1-2 m high, ferruginously tomentose; Leaves oblong -lanceolate or lanceolate, entire, glabrous; Flowers in terminal pyramidal panicles, white; Fruits globose, pink or red.
  • Flower, Fruit : November- May
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Lohit, Subansiri, Tirap
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas Island, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Christmas Island, Jawa, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 114
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ardisia colorata. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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