Common name: Himalayan Coralberry
Botanical name: Ardisia macrocarpa Family: Myrsinaceae (Myrsine family)
Himalayan Coralberry is a forest plant growing to 1 m tall. Leaves are
soomth, narrow lance-shaped, with margins crisped and rounded-toothed. Pink
flowers arise on short stalks, in umbels at the end of branches. Flowers
have 5 narrow-oblong sepals, and lance-shaped pointed petals, 5 mm long.
Berries are bright glossy red, round, depressed at the tip. Himalayan
Coralberry is found in the Himalayas, from Uttarakhand to Sikkim, at
altitudes of 1500-2400 m. Flowering: April-July.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ulysses
| Photographed in Gangtok, Sikkim. |
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