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Embelia ribes, commonly known as false black pepper, white-flowered embelia, viḍaṅga (Sanskrit: विडङ्ग), vaividang, vai vidang, or vavding [1] is a species in the family Primulaceae. It was originally described by Nicolaas Laurens Burman in his 1768 publication Flora Indica . [ 2 ]
Embelin (2,5-dihydroxy-3-undecyl-1,4-benzoquinone) is a naturally occurring para-benzoquinone isolated from dried berries of Embelia ribes plants. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Several studies have reported antidiabetic activity of embelin.
Embelia is a genus of climbing shrubs once placed in the family Myrsinaceae, [1] which is now included in the Primulaceae. [2] There are about 130 species which occur in tropical and subtropical areas across a wide range including Africa and Madagascar and from eastern Asia to the Pacific Islands as well as Australia including: [ 1 ]
Ribes (/ ˈ r aɪ b iː z /) [5] is a genus of about 200 known species of flowering plants, most of them native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. [2] The species may be known as various kinds of currants, such as redcurrants, blackcurrants, and whitecurrants, or as gooseberries, and some are cultivated for their edible fruit or as ornamental plants.
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Ribes menziesii is an aromatic deciduous shrub with very prickly branches growing up to 2 metres (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 ft) in height. It has somewhat rounded, hairy, glandular green leaves, [2] which are 1.5–4 centimetres (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide.
Embelia schimperi is a shrub or small tree that is capable of reaching 6 m (20 ft) in height with a red to brownish bark that is usually smooth. Branches are lenticellate and the stems are smooth and free of hair. [1]
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