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 Latin nameEmbelia ribes Burm.f.
 FamilyMyrsinaceae
 Identified with (Skt)viḍaṅga, vella
 Identified with (Hin)vāyviḍaṅg, bhābhīraṅg
 Identified with (Tam)vāyu viḷaṅkā
 Identified with (Mal)viḻāl
 Identified with (Eng)Embelia
 Botanical infoA large scandent shrub, growing all over India up to 1500 m in hilly regions, leaves simple, alternate, elliptic-lanceolate, flowers white or greenish white in terminal and axillary, fruits globular, dull red to black berries, seed single globose
 Search occurrenceviḍaṅga, vella, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts
 See plant's imageEmbelia ribes Burm.f. in Google image search
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Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1018)
vella, mfn. going, moving, shaking, W.; n. Embelia Ribes, L.; N. of a town (the modern Vellore see comp. and cf. vellUra).

Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 962)
viḍaṅga, mfn. clever, able, skilful, L.; m. and (ā), f. Embelia Ribes, L.; n. the fruit of the above plant (a vermifuge), L.


 
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