Berberis asiatica
Species of flowering plant
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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]
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| Illustration of Berberis asiatica from the book Handbuch der Laubholzkunde from 1889 by Dr. Leopold Dippel | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Berberis |
| Species: | B. asiatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Berberis asiatica | |
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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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