Ardisia thyrsiflora D.Don

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ardisia thyrsiflora D.Don
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Broad-leaved forests, woody hillsides, valleys, damp places, thickets; 200 - 1500 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Often grows along streams.
  • Key identification features : Large shrubs or small trees; Leaves lanceolate to oblong-Ianceolate, entire, glabrous; Flowers in large, minutely rusty, axillary or terminal panicles, pink to purplish; Fruits globose, depressed, reddish or brownish dotted.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : South China and North Indo-China
  • 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: 513-514
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 118
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ardisia thyrsiflora. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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