Embelia floribunda Wall.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Embelia

Characteristics

Shrubs scandent, glabrous. Branchlets slightly flexuous, terete, 2-3 mm in diam., lenticellate. Petiole (0.3-)1-1.2 (-1.5) cm, narrowly marginate; leaf blade lanceolate or oblong, (6-)7-13(-17) × 2-3.5(-5) cm, papery to subleathery, black punctate-lineate abaxially, glossy adaxially, dull below, base rounded, margin entire, slightly revolute and black punctate, apex long acuminate; lateral veins numerous, inconspicuous. Inflorescences axillary or rarely terminal, pinnately pyramidal paniculate, (6-)7-11(-18) cm; bracts subulate, 0.8-1 mm, black punctate medially, margin erose, apex long acuminate. Flowers green or greenish yellow, 5-merous, staminate 2.7-3.2 mm, pistillate 2-2.5 mm. Pedicel ca. 1.5-3(-4) mm, black punctate-lineate, sparsely puberulent, glabrescent. Sepals deltate to subdeltate, rugose basally, black punctate medially, margin erose, glandular ciliate, apex acute. Petals free, papery, lanceolate or oblanceolate, pellucid punctate-lineate, densely glandular granulose inside and along thickened margin, apex acute. Stamens exserted ca. 0.5 mm in staminate, ca. 3/4 petal length in pistillate; anthers ovate, base deeply cordate, apex truncate to emarginate. Stigma subcapitate to capitate, sometimes 2-lobed. Fruit red, globose, 4-5 mm in diam., somewhat fleshy, reticulate-wrinkled when dry, pellucid-punctate. Fl. Feb-Mar, fr. Oct-Dec.
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A vine or shrub. The stems can be flexible. The leaves are oblong and 7-13 cm long by 2-3.5 cm wide. The flowers are yellowish-green. The fruit are round and red and 4-5 mm across.
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It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Edible fruits roots
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Distribution

Embelia floribunda world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:588342-1
WFO ID wfo-0000666842
COL ID 39FLV
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Synonyms

Samara esculenta Embelia esculenta Ribesiodes floribunda Samara floribunda Embelia floribunda