Berberis asiatica

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Berberis asiatica
Berberis asiatica drawing.jpg
Illustration of Berberis asiatica from the book Handbuch der Laubholzkunde from 1889 by Dr. Leopold Dippel
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Berberis
Species:
B. asiatica
Binomial name
Berberis asiatica
Roxb. ex DC.
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Berberis asiatica var. clarkeanaC.K.Schneid. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 457 (1905)
  • Berberis dealbataLindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 21: t. 1750 (1836)
  • Berberis hypoleucaLindl. in J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 246 (1847)
  • Berberis ilicifoliaRoxb. in Asiat. Res. 6: 357 (1799), nom. illeg.
  • Berberis viniferaT.S.Ying in Fl. Xizang. 2: 142 (1985)

Berberis asiatica (Indian or Asian barberry), is a species of shrub, in the family Berberidaceae. It is native to the Himalayas (East and West Himalaya), India (including Himachal Pradesh region), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Tibet. [1]

It is found in subtropical to temperate regions, [3] and at altitudes of 600–2,700 m (1,968.5–8,858.3 ft) above sea level. [4]

B. asiatica is an upright, spiny and glabrous bush. It has blood-red coloured fruit. [4]

It was first published in Syst. Nat. 2: 13 in 1821. [1] The name has been verified by United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service on 2 January 2003. [5]

Its fruit has potential nutraceutical values. Extracts from the fruit possesses a potential source of polyphenolic, mainly anthocyanin compounds, which can be used for treating inflammation diseases (Neag et al. 2018). [6]

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References

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