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Myrica esculenta is a tree or large shrub native to the hills of northern India, southern Bhutan and Nepal. 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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Myrica
- Family
- Myricaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Box-myrtle en Malay gale
