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Botanical Name: Embelia ribes Burm. F

Family: Myrsinaceae

Sanskrit: Vidanga, Tandula, Krimighna

Hindi: Vaividang, Baibidang, Bhabhirang

Tamil: Vaaivilangam, Vaay Vilangam

Telugu: Vayu Vidangalu

Kannada: Vayu vilanga, vayu vidanga

Malayalam: Vijhala, Vayu vilangam

Bengali: Vidang, Bidang

Marathi: Bavidang

Punjabi: Bavidang

Gujarati: Bavadang

Description

Embelia ribes is woody creeper shrub with brittle and flexible stem. It is medicinal plant also with terete branches also known as vai vidanga. Leaves are simple, alternate, ovate and sharp at both the ends. Length of leaves is 3 inch long and 1.5 inch broad. Flowers are small, white in color and have small petioles 3 to 4 inch in length. Fruits are small just like black pepper, reddish brown to black in color. Because of its appearance and nature it is also called false black pepper. Fruits are found in bunches. Outer covering of fruits is fragile and from inside seeds are spotted. Roots of this medicinal herb are brownish grey in color.

Vidanga is one of the powerful anti-parasitic herbs of Ayurveda. It is widely used against intestinal worm infestation. Its botanical name is Embelia ribes. It is called False black pepper, because it mimics pepper in appearance. It is distributed throughout India. It is also cultivated.

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