Ardisia griffithii
C. B Clarke
PrimulaceaeFlowers
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers
The flowers are cooked and eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a subtropical plant. It is an under growth plant in evergreen forests. It grows up to 1,350 m above sea level.
Asia, Himalayas, India, Northeastern India,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A shrub. It grows 2.4 m tall. The leaves are sword shaped. The fruit are round.
Notes
Also put in the family Myrsinaceae.
Names & Synonyms
Dieng-pylleng, Dieng-sohpi-kenneng
Tinus griffithii (C. B. Clarke) Kuntze
References (3)
- Dobriyal, M. J. R. & Dobriyal, R., 2014, Non Wood Forest Produce an Option for Ethnic Food and Nutritional Security in India. Int. J. of Usuf. Mngt. 15(1):17-37
- Sawian, J. T., et al, 2007, Wild edible plants of Meghalaya, North-east India. Natural Product Radiance Vol. 6(5): p 413
- Wild edible plants of Himachal Pradesh
