Embelia vestita Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Embelia

Characteristics

Shrubs scandent, glandular granulose on branchlets, bracts, sepals bases, and petals inside. Branchlets flexuous, terete, 1.5-2(-2.5) mm in diam., lenticellate, glabrescent. Petiole canaliculate and marginate, margin often developing cork warts, 4-8 mm; leaf blade oblong or lanceolate to ovate, (3.5-)7-11(-18) × (1.3-)2-4(-7.5) cm, papery to thin leathery, glossy, glabrous, red or black punctate, base obtuse, rounded or truncate, margin serrate or serrulate, apex acute to acuminate; lateral veins numerous. Inflorescences racemose or rarely panicle of 2 racemes, (1-)2-4 cm, densely glandular papillate; bracts subulate, 1-1.5 mm, glabrous, red punctate, margin roughly serrulate. Flowers unisexual or bisexual, white or pinkish, 5-merous, 1.8-3 mm. Pedicel cylindric, 2-5 mm, sparsely papillate. Sepals ovate, pellucid or brown punctate, margin erose, glandular ciliate; apex obtuse to acutish. Petals narrowly oblong, elliptic, ligulate, or spatulate, glabrous outside, orange punctate, apex rounded or emarginate. Stamens ca. as long as or longer than petals in staminate flowers, ca. 2/3 as long as petals in bisexual flowers; anthers connective pellucid to red-punctate. Style usually curved; stigma subcapitate. Fruit red, globose 5-10 mm in diam., red punctate. Fl. Oct-Dec, fr. Oct-Jul.
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A straggling shrub. It grows 5 m high. It can be a woody climber. The leaves are oval and 5-10 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are of separate sexes. They are small and 2 mm long. The fruit are a flattened round shape and 5 mm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.2
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It is native to the eastern Himalayas in China. It grows on rocky hillsides between 1,000-1,700 m altitude. In Sikkim it grows between 900-3,000 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

The fruit have a sweet sour taste and are eaten fresh with added sugar. The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable especially with fish.
Uses medicinal
Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Embelia vestita world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Embelia vestita threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:588499-1
WFO ID wfo-0000667028
COL ID 39FRJ
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Synonyms

Samara nagushia Calispermum oblongifolium Calispermum rude Embelia bodinieri Embelia lenticellata Embelia oblongifolia Embelia undulata Embelia vestita Choripetalum undulatum Embelia nagushia Embelia nigroviridis Embelia prunifolia Embelia rudis Myrsine undulata Ribesiodes vestita Ribesiodes oblongifolium Samara undulata Samara vestita Ribesiodes nasughia Ribesiodes oblongifolia Embelia impressa var. serrata Embelia vestita var. lenticellata Embelia vestita var. vestita