Embelia scandens
(Lour.) Mez
Primulaceae Edible: Fruit, Stems
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Description
A shrub. It lies along the ground. It can be 6-15 m long. The leaves are 5-9 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. The flowers are in the axils of the leaves. They are white or greenish. The fruit are round and red and 5 mm across.
Edible Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
Traditional Uses
The fruit are eaten raw.
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Distribution
It is a tropical plant. It southern China it grows in mixed forests between 200-900 m above sea level. It grows in Yunnan in China.
Where It Grows
Asia, Cambodia, China, Indochina, Laos, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Notes
Also put in the family Myrsinaceae.
Also Known As
Re leo
References (1)
- 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
