Vidanga / Embel
Embelia ribes
Also known as Embelia, Baoberang
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- March-August
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Embelia ribes
- Genus
- Embelia
- Family
- Myrsinaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Central Himalaya to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, South China, Singapore
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Meghalaya, Manipur, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Myrsinaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded“Embelia ribes, commonly known as false black pepper, white-flowered embelia, viḍaṅga (Sanskrit: विडङ्ग), vaividang, vai vidang, or vavding is a species of flowering plant in the fa” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“In Ayurveda and Siddha, it is considered widely beneficial in a variety of diseases In particular embelin isolated from dried berries of Embelia ribes has a wide spectrum of biolog” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Vidanga itself; the rest are typical of the Myrsinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- विडंग Vidanga,विडंग vidang
- Tamil
- vitankam, vivilangam, vollai
- Telugu
- vellal, vidangamu, vilangamu
- Kannada
- ಆಮೋಘ Amogha, ಹುಲಿಮೀಸೆ Hulimeese, ವಾಯುವಿಳಂಗ Vaayu vilanga ವಡಂಗ Vaḍanga
- Malayalam
- Vizhal, Vizhalari, Vayuvilangam
- Marathi
- ambti, baavdinga, karkannie
About Vidanga
A member of the Myrsinaceae family, Embel (Embelia ribes) is a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and 7 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to August.
Myrsinaceae
Myrsine Family
Vidanga belongs to the Myrsinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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