Ardisia icara Wall. ex DC.

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Tinus icara (Wall. ex DC.) Kuntze; Ardisia serrulata Kurz
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ardisia icara Wall. ex DC.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Large shrubs; branches warty; younger parts ferruginous tomentose; Leaves lanceolate or elliptic-Ianceolate, margin sub entire to crenulate; Flowers in axillary or terminal rusty panicles, pinkish; Fruits obscrutely five angled.
  • Flower, Fruit : April- December
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 115
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ardisia icara. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

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