Bastara / Large-Leaf Beauty Berry
Callicarpa macrophylla
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim & more
- Flowering
- August-April
How to identify Bastara
Identify Bastara by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Large leaves (macrophylla).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Pink.
- Confirm fruit type: Drupe.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: August-April.
- In India, compare location records such as Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Punjab and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Callicarpa macrophylla
- Genus
- Callicarpa
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Distribution
- India, China, Hainan, Myanmar, Thailand
- Found in India
- Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Punjab, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur
- Flowering & fruiting
- August-April
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bastara itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Pinkrecorded
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“Its fruits are small white drupes.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bastara itself; the rest are typical of the Verbenaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बस्तरा Bastara, Bhirmoli, Dahiya,दहिदंगालो dahidangalo
- Nepali
- दहीचाउँले Daheechaaunle, दहीकाम्लो Daheekaamlo, दहीचामल Daheechaamal
- Bengali
- Massandar
- Tamil
- காட்டுக்குமிழ் Kattu-k-kumil
- Kannada
- ಱುಷಿಪತ್ರಿ Rushipatri, ಇಬ್ಬನಿ Ibbani
- Malayalam
- Chimpompil, chinpompil, ഞാഴൽ
- Marathi
- कानफुली Kanphuli, ऐसर Aesar
About Bastara
Large-Leaf Beauty Berry (Callicarpa macrophylla) is a shrub in the Verbenaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim and 5 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from August to April.
Verbenaceae
Verbena/Teak family
Bastara belongs to the Verbenaceae family.
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