Ardisia virens
Kurz
Ink berry
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Description
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.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
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Medicinal Uses
The seeds are used in medicine in Indonesia.
Distribution
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.
Where It Grows
Asia, China, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Myanmar, SE Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam,
Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Notes
Also put in the family Myrsinaceae.
Also Known As
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
