About Indian winter Green
Gaultheria fragrantissima is a species of flowering plant native to southern and southeastern Asia. It is commonly known as fragrant wintergreen or dhasingre.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Gaultheria fragrantissima
- Genus
- Gaultheria
- Family
- ERICACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Shola forests and grasslands
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- गंधपूरा Gandapura
- Nepali
- धसिङ्गरे Dhasingare, पतपते Patapate, मचिनो Machino
- Kannada
- ಗನ್ಧಪೂರಾ Gandhapoora mara, ಹೆಮನ್ತಹರಿತ Haemanth harithaa, Maalaayi
- Malayalam
- ഹേമന്തഹരിതം
- Marathi
- गंधपूर्ना Gandhapoorna
Botanical family
Ericaceae
Heather Family
Indian winter Green belongs to the Ericaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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