Medicinal plant details
Embelia ribesBurm.f.
(Vidanga)
| Common name | Vidanga |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Habitat | Semi-evergreen, evergreen and shola forests |
| Parts used | Fruit |
Synonyms
| Sr. No. | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| 1 | Antidesma grossularia Raeusch. |
| 2 | Antidesma ribes (Burm.f.) Raeusch. |
| 3 | Ardisia tenuiflora Blume |
| 4 | Embelia burmanni Retz. |
| 5 | Embelia dentata Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. |
| 6 | Embelia garciniifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Miq. |
| 7 | Embelia glandulifera Wight |
| 8 | Embelia indica J.F.Gmel. |
| 9 | Embelia paniculata Moon |
| 10 | Embelia sumatrana Miq. |
| 11 | Embelia ribes var. ribes – |
| 12 | Ribesiodes ribes (Burm.f.) Kuntze |
| 13 | Samara ribes (Burm.f.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kurz |
| 14 | Embelia ribes subsp. ribes – |
| 15 | Ribesiodes garciniifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Kuntze |
| 16 | Embelia garciniaefolia Miq. |
Taxonomical information
| Kingdom | Viridiplantae |
| Phylum | Streptophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Ericales |
| Family | Primulaceae |
| Genus | Embelia |
| Species | Embelia ribes Burm.f. |
Vernacular names
| Sanskrit | Jantughna, Krimghna, Vella, Krimihara, Krimiripu |
| English | |
| Hindi | Vayavidanga, Bhabhiranga, Baberang |
| Kannada | Vayuvilanga, Vayuvidanga |
| Marathi | Vavading, Vavding |
| Malayalam | Vizhalari, Vizalari |
| Bengali | Vidang |
| Tamil | Vayuvilangam, Vayuvidangam |
| Telugu | Vayuvidangalu |
| Urdu | Baobarang, Babrang |
Morphology
A straggling shrub, almost a climber. The roots are brownish gray, with hairy reddish rootlets. The stem is whitish gray, studded with lenticels, with a mature girth of 45-72 cm. Leaves are coriaceous, elliptic. Lancelate 6-14cm long and 2-4cm broad, alternating, acuminate entire, perfectly glabours and petiole 1.0 cm -0.8 cm margined. Flowers pentamerous, minute, white or yellow, fruit a berry, 2, 4-4 mm obviate to sub globular tipped with style, smooth, succulent, in dry condition with wrinkles with loss of calyx.
Distribution
It is distributed in India, Southern China, Indonesia, East Africa and Malysia
Medicinal uses
Helminthiasis, distension of the abdomen, pain, abdominal diseases
References
| 1 | Lal, B., and Mishra, N. (2013). Importance of Embelia ribes: An update. International journal of pharmaceutical sciences and research, 4, 3823. |