 Viburnum grandiflorum Wall.ex DC. |
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Caprifoliaceae.
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- Local Name:
- Guch.
- Synonym:
- V. foetens Decne.
- Habit and Habitat:
- A gregarious shrub up to 2-3m tall, common in temperate zone, forming dominant under shrub in forest clearings.
- Taxonomic Features:
- Leaves simple, elliptic-oblong, toothed, under surface glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, sessile corymbs. Flower actinomorphic, pink. Calyx tube glabrous, short lobes, ciliate. Corolla long-tubular, lobes round. Fruit a drupe, ellipsoid, 8-9mm long, reddish black when ripe.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- November-May.
- Harvesting Time:
- June-September.
- Medicinal Value:
- Fruit is edible and digestive, useful in stomach problems.[10] Local people use bark decoction for hepatic problems.
- Part Used:
- Fruit.
- Occurrence:
- Common.
- Future Perspective:
- Collection, Packing, Food Industry,Herbal Pharmacy.
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