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Myrica esculenta is an evergreen tree or large shrub of the Himalayan and Southeast Asian hills, grown mainly for its edible berry-like drupes. It is grown in the tropics and warm subtropics and needs a moist, well-drained site.
Myrica esculenta is a tree or large shrub of the tropics. The native range of this species stretches from Northern India (Uttarakhand) to Nepal to southern China and western and central Malaysia. Its common names include box myrtle, bayberry and kaphal. Its berries are edible and are consumed locally.
It is the state fruit of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.
It is native to the hills of Uttarakhand, western Nepal and the eastern part of the Indian Himayalan states such as Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya and southern Bhutan. It is also found in Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, southern China, Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sumatera, Thailand and Vietnam.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
