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Amberi
Botanical Name: Nothopegia racemosa (Vahl.) Radlk
Family– Myrtaceae
Common Names: Marathi-Amberi; English- Chestnutleaf Top-Fruit Tree
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Angiospermae
Class: Equisetopsida Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae Genus: Adansonia
Species: Adansonia digitata
Scientific Name: Adansonia digitata L.
Endemic Range
In Western Ghats, the plant spans central and southern Sahyadri, growing as
an understory tree in low-elevation evergreen, semi-evergreen, and moist deciduous
forests. Recent botanical surveys have also identified the tree in the Eastern Ghats region of
Odisha, expanding its known distribution range within India
Distribution:
In Western Ghats, the plant spans central and southern Sahyadri, growing as
an understory tree in low-elevation evergreen, semi-evergreen, and moist deciduous
forests. Recent botanical surveys have also identified the tree in the Eastern Ghats region of
Odisha, expanding its known distribution range within India
Description:
Habit: A small deciduous or evergreen tree, growing up to 15 meters tall.
Bark & Exudate: Features finely fissured brown bark and yields a scanty, black sap.
Leaves: Alternate, simple, leathery, and dark green uniquely lanceolate and reddish brown in young stage.
Flowers & Fruit: Small, polygamous (unisexual or bisexual) white flowers borne in rusty, velvety-hairy racemes, developing into fleshy, spherical drupes
Uses: It is primarily used in traditional medicine for its antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, and
anti-inflammatory properties, while its fruits are locally harvested to make pickles.