Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) DC.

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Primulaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ardisia basaal Roem. & Schult.; Ardisia tsjeriam-cottam Roem. & Schult.; Dauceria acuta Dennst.; Dauceria obtusa Dennst.; Embelia acuta (Dennst.) Alston; Embelia acutipetala S.M.Almeida & M.R.Almeida; Embelia basaal (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.; Embelia basaal subsp. ferruginea (Wall. ex A.DC.) Panigrahi & Murti; Embelia ferruginea Wall. ex A.DC.; Embelia obtusa Alston; Embelia picta A.DC.; Embelia robusta Roxb.; Embelia tsjeriam-cottam var. ferruginea (Wall. ex A.DC.) Harid. & R.R.Rao; Embelia villosa A.DC.; Embelia villosa Wall.; Pattara acuta Raf.; Pattara basal Raf.; Ribesiodes robustum (Roxb.) Kuntze; Ribesiodes villosum (Wall.) Kuntze; Samara picta Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Samara robusta Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kurz
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) A.DC.
  • Common name : Bhabhiramg, Baibirang (Hindi); Amti (Kannada); Kakkandankai (Tamil); Baibedanga, Nuninunika, Baibiring, Nununia, Bhaibirang (Oria); Ammimuriyan, Cheriyannattam, Eeshaal (Malayalam)
  • Vernacular name :
    • WG, EG, VSKP, SKLM, KSN, VJN, KNL, CTR
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical moist deciduous forests, open forests and plains
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, up to 3 m high; younger branches ferruginously tomentose; Leaves elliptic to obovate-elliptic, entire, glabrous; Flowers in axillary dense racemes, greenish white; Fruits globose.
  • Flower, Fruit : May-January
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 24/05/1979
  • Collection Nos : KFP 7892
  • Collection Locality : Jagalbet, Uttara Kannada district
  • Distribution :
    • Goa : UKD
    • Karnataka : KNR, WYN, MLP, PLK, TRS, ALP, TNP
    • Maharashtra : SMB, PUR, GJ, MYB, KP
    • Jharkhand :
    • Gujarat : Uttarakhand
    • Uttarakhand : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Kalimpong districtG
    • Himachal Pradesh : Siang
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Manipur : Manipur
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 120
    • H J, Chowdhery, et al. Flora of Himachal Pradesh. Volume 2, Botanical Survey of India, 1984. Pg.: 447-448
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  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Embelia tsjeriam-cottam. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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