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Embelia ribes
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Embelia ribes Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 62. t.23.1768; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:513.1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 752(529). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 239. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 166. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 262. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 264. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 274. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 199. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 263. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 186. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 391. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 225. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 178. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 136. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 177. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 408. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 294. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 492. 2009.
Embelia glandulifera Wight, Ic. t. 1207. 1848.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vayuvilangam, Vizhalari, Vizhal
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Embelia, Vidanga, Baoberang
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Description:
Climbers; branchlets slender, white, without lenticellate. Leaves simple, alternate, 7 x 3 cm, elliptic, acute at both ends; nerves many, parallel, faint; petiole 1 cm long. Panicles to15 x 15 cm, glabrous, branches long, slender racemose; pedicels 1.5 cm long. Flowers small, white, many. Sepals small, triangular, tomentose. Petals 2 mm long, ovate, acute, densely tomentose on both sides. Berry 3-4 mm across, globose, bluish-purple; seed one.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen, evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and South China
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-1900
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kattalappara, Olikkudy, Vallakkadavu, Kottamala, Pampa, Pathenthode, Orukomban, Kadalar, Damsite, Kakki hills, on way to Kannoth, Chandanathode, Lock-hert gap, Orange Fam area-Kaikatty, Nadugani ghats, Thalichola, Teppakulam, Athirumala
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