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Berchemia flavescens

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

(Wallich ex Roxburgh) Brongniart

Propagation

C.L.R.S.

Common Names

• Ghugi (Sherpa)
• Huang bei gou er cha (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• E Gansu
• W Hubei
• S Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• S & SE Xizang
• NW Yunnan-China
• Bhutan
• Sikkim - India
• Myanmar
• Nepal

Natural Habitats

• Thickets & forest.

Flowering Times

• Apr to Jul
• Jun-Aug (China)

Fruiting Times

• Apr to Jul
• May-Jul (China)

Scandent glabrous climbing or creeping shrub to 8m. Leaves to 150mm x 70mmmostly glabrous. 1.5mm greenish-white to yellow-green flowers in lateral or terminal racemes or panicles to 100mm long. Sausage-shaped fruit a purple-red or purple-black drupe to 11m long x 5mm.

Edible fruit

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Manandhar 2002
• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• Botanicus
• IDS