Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bladhia japonica Thunb.; Tinus japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, up to 2 m high; branches rusty pubescent; Leaves elliptic to oblong-Ianceolate, sharply serrate to serrulate, rusty pubescent on nerves beneath; Flowers in axillary or subterminal compound umbels, pink or reddish; Fruits globose, scarlet.
  • Flower, Fruit : June- January
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan
  • 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 japonica. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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.