Babrang / Wind-Berry
Embelia tsjeriam-cottam
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- May-January
How to identify Babrang
Identify Babrang by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm fruit type: Berry.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-January.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Myrsinaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Babrang.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Embelia tsjeriam-cottam
- Genus
- Embelia
- Family
- Myrsinaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Moist deciduous forests, open forests and plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-January
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable (VU)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Myrsinaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- BerryrecordedA fleshy fruit with seeds embedded directly in the pulp, no central stone.“== Uses == The dried berries are primarily used in medicine;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Babrang itself; the rest are typical of the Myrsinaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Babrang, Baibrang, Bayabirang
- Tamil
- Vaivilangam
- Kannada
- Amti, Joladhanna, Vaivaling
- Malayalam
- Basaal, Cheriyannattam, Tsjeriam-cottam
- Marathi
- Ambati, Ambuti, Kokla
About Babrang
Wind-berry (Embelia tsjeriam-cottam) belongs to the Myrsinaceae family, where it grows as a climbing shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and 10 other states. It grows in moist deciduous forests, open forests and plains. Flowering and fruiting run from May to January.
Myrsinaceae
Myrsine Family
Babrang belongs to the Myrsinaceae family.
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