Ardisia virens

Kurz

Ink berry

PrimulaceaeFruit

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The fruit are eaten raw.

Where to Find It

It is a tropical plant. It grows in dark damp places and in humus-rich soils between 300-2,700 m above sea elevel in southern China. It grows in Yunnan in China.

Asia, China, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Myanmar, SE Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam,

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 1-3 m tall. The leaves are sword shaped and 9-26 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The flowers are in groups at the ends of branches. The flowers are papery and white or pink. The fruit are red or blackish and 7-9 mm across.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown from seeds.

Medicinal Uses

The seeds are used in medicine in Indonesia.

Notes

Also put in the family Myrsinaceae.

Names & Synonyms

Comnguoi xanh-tuoi, Lempeni merah ungu

References (2)

Ghorbani, A., et al, 2012, A comparison of the wild food plant use knowledge of ethnic minorities in Naban River Watershed Nature Reserve, Yunnan, SW China. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine; 8:17
Sukarya, D. G., (Ed.) 2013, 3,500 Plant Species of the Botanic Gardens of Indonesia. LIPI p 586