Embelia ribes
| Author : Burm.f. |
| Family : Myrsinaceae |
| Habit:Woody climber |
| Sanskrit: Vidangah, Vellah |
| English: Embelia, False Black pepper |
A large scandent shrub or liana, with slender branches and elliptic-lanceolate, gland-dotted leaves, small, greenish-white flowers in terminal and axillary panicles and globular, wrinkled, dark purple to black fruits containing a single seed.
Seeds, leaves, roots
skin diseases, leprosy, worm infestations, nervous debility, constipation, tumours, asthma, bronchitis, dental caries, heart disorders, fever, general debility, anaemia, genito-urinary tract infection, antidote for snake bite
embelin, repanone, homoembelin, homorapanone, vilangin