Scientific Name: Embelia
tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) DC.
Family: Myrsinaceae (Myrsine Family)
Vernacular name: Ammimuriyan,
Cheriyannattam, Eeshaal (Malayalam)
Tribal name: Marakkeera
(Kattunaikka)
Habit: Climbing shrub
Habitat: Moist deciduous
forests, open forests and plains
Tribal consumers:
Kattunaikka
Parts Used:
Leaf (After cooking)
Seasonal Availability: May-January
Key identification features: Deciduous
shrubs with densely brown-pubescent stems. Leaves elliptic-obovate, glabrous,
with serrulate margins. Yellow flowers in axillary racemes, with punctate
corolla lobes and red-glanded anthers. Fruits subglobose, red-tipped by the
style.
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