Embelia basaal
(Roem. & Schult.) A. DC.
Malabar embelia
PrimulaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fleshy fruits are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests and grasslands. It occurs in the Western Ghats in India.
Asia, 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 large woody climber. The leaves are 5-10 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. They are narrowly oval. The flowers are in groups on the axils of leaves. These are 3 cm long. The fruit is fleshy and 6 mm across.
Production
In southern India, plants flower and fruit January to April.
Notes
An unresolved name in The Plant List.
Names & Synonyms
Ambati, Baibering, Baibidang
References (2)
- Kuvar, S. D. & Shinde, R. D., 2019, Wild Edible Plants used by Kokni Tribe of Nasik District, Maharashtra. Journal of Global Biosciences. Volume 8, Number 2, 2019, pp. 5936-5945
- Pandy, R. K. & Saini, S. K., 2007, Edible plants of tropical forests among tribal communities of Madhya Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge. 6(1), pp 185-190
