Ardisia macrocarpa Wall.

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KRISHNANEEL FAMILY (कृष्ण नील फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ardisia macrocarpa Wall.
  • Common name : Himalayan Coralberry
  • Vernacular name :
    • Damai phal (Nepali)
    • Vahrit-thei (Mizo)
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Evergreen oak and cool broad-leaved forests, 1500 - 2400 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Flowers and fruits highly ornamental; fruits edible.
  • Key identification features : Leaf margins with conspicuous marginal band of raised red gland-dots; sepals 3-3. 5mm; petals 6-7mm; fruit c 10mm
  • Flower, Fruit : April-July
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district,Kalimpong district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Nepal to Assam
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 169
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 513
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 115-117
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ardisia macrocarpa. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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