✿Myrsinaceae · Ardisia
Dhan-Priya / Duckeye Coralberry
Ardisia solanacea
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- March-September
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ardisia solanacea
- Genus
- Ardisia
- Family
- Myrsinaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, W.China, Tropical Himalayas
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Sikkim, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-September
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“The glabrous leaves are inversely lanceolate, obovate-elliptical or elongated, they are 7.5 to 17 cm long and 2.5 to 7 cm wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dhan-Priya itself; the rest are typical of the Myrsinaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“The 8 mm long and 11 mm wide berries are depressed-globose, first pink, then black.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dhan-Priya itself; the rest are typical of the Myrsinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- धनप्रिया dhan-priya
- Nepali
- दमाई फल damaai phal
- Bengali
- বনজাম bonjam, বনজাম
- Tamil
- கோழுருச்சி kolurucci, கோழிக்கொடை kozhikotai, மணிபுஷ்பம் manipushpam
- Telugu
- అడవి మయూరి adavi mayuri, కాశి నేరేడు kaashi neredu, కొండ మామిడి konda mamidi
- Kannada
- ಬೋದಿನಗಿಡ Bodina gida, shuli, ಬೋದೆ Bode
- Malayalam
- കാക്കഞാറ kakkanjara, കോലരക്ക് kolarakku, കുഴിമുണ്ടൻ kulimundan
- Marathi
- बुगडी bugadi, दिकना dikna
About Dhan-Priya
A member of the Myrsinaceae family, Duckeye Coralberry (Ardisia solanacea) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Kerala and 8 other states. It grows in evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to September.
Botanical family
Myrsinaceae
Myrsine Family
Dhan-Priya belongs to the Myrsinaceae family.
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