✿Myrsinaceae · Maesa
Burkani / Wild Berry
Maesa indica
Shrub
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra & more
- Flowering
- September-May
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Maesa indica
- Genus
- Maesa
- Family
- Myrsinaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- Indian subcontinent
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Lower Himalayas
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Assam, Madhya Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
- Margin
- Variable
- Venation
- Variable
Typical of the Myrsinaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Variable
- Inflorescence
- Variable
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Myrsinaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Hindi
- बुरकनी burkani, कृमिघ्न फल kramighna phal
- Nepali
- कालो बिलौने kaalo bilaunae
- Bengali
- রঞ্জনী ramjani
- Tamil
- பெரிய உன்னி periya-unni
- Kannada
- ಗುಡ್ಡೆ ಹರಗಿ gudde haragi, ಮಂಡಸೆ mandase, ತನಿಪಾಲ thanipaala
- Malayalam
- കിരിതീ kirithi, കുറ്റിവിഴാൽ kuttivizhaal, വണ്ണാത്തി vannathi
- Marathi
- आटकी ataki
About Burkani
Wild Berry (Maesa indica) is a shrub belonging to the Myrsinaceae family (Myrsine Family). Native to Indian subcontinent, it is distributed across India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Lower Himalayas. Flowering and fruiting are typically seen during September-May.
Botanical family
Myrsinaceae
Myrsine Family
Burkani belongs to the Myrsinaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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