Ardisia polysticta Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind., Eerste Bijv. 576 1861. (syn: Ardisia evonymifolia Pit.; Ardisia flaviflora C. Chen & D. Fang; Ardisia jagorii Mez; Ardisia lenticellata Fletcher; Ardisia nemorosa Pit.; Ardisia oldhamii Mez; Ardisia pardalina Mez; Ardisia perpunctata Elmer ex Merr.; Ardisia radians Hemsl. & Mez; Ardisia ramosii Merr.; Ardisia rectangularis Hayata; Ardisia sinuato-crenata Mez; Ardisia stellifera Pit.; Ardisia tonkinensis A. DC.; Ardisia virens Kurz; Ardisia virens var. annamensis Pit.; Bladhia oldhamii (Mez) Masam.; Bladhia radians (Hemsl. & Mez) Masam.; Bladhia virens (Kurz) Nakai; Tinus virens (Kurz) Kuntze);
China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, India, Thailand, Vietnam,
peninsular Malaysia (Perak), Indonesia, Myanmar [Burma] (Kachin, Taninthayi), Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, Biliran, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao), Laos as per Catalogue of Life; MS June,2018/24 Ardisia sp. for ID : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) Location : Tamdil, Mizoram
Altitude : ca 800 m.
Date : 02-06-2018
Habit : Small tree, about 3.5 m. high
Habitat : Wild. It grows in secondary forest
Pl. check species available at
As per details at the stated link, I narrowed it to two species as below:
Pl. check.
MS June, 2018/04 Tree for Id : 9 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)
Location : Tamdil, Mizoram
Date : 02-06-2018
Habit : Small tree
Habitat : Wild
… possibly Ardisia solanacea of Primulaceae. Leaf and flowering season looks different.
Could it be A. crenata ? To me looks different from images of A. crenata on net.
Pl. check other species at Ardisia
As per details at the stated link, I narrowed it to two species as below:
Pl. check.
Attachments (1)- 4 Mb.
With this additional image, I will go for Ardisia virens
Flora of China says: Fruit red or blackish red, globose, 7-9(-10) mm in diam., densely black punctate.
So these may be unripe fruits.
References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI |