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Coriaria nepalensis( Coriariaceae)

Coriaria nepalensis/ Masuri It grows in the foot hills of Himalayas. It blooms in spring and has bright yellow flowers and red fruits in Summer. This shrub is called Masuri Berry, and according to one view, Mussoorie town got its name from the abundance of this shrub. Masuri Berry is a large hairless shrub, 3-4 m tall, with arching redish-brown branches. Elliptic pointed leaves are nearly stalkless and noticeably 3-veined. Red flowers occur in several short clusters in leaf axils. The five petals are greenish and smaller than the sepals. But they soon enlarge to become fleshy. Prominent stamens and style protrude out of the flower, and give the purplish red color to the flowers. Fruit is black, with carpels encircled by larger persistent purple petals. Fruit is eaten raw as famine food or used as a beverage. Great caution has to be taken since most parts of the plant, including the seed, are very toxic. Endemic to the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent, in the Himalayas from Indus eastward to Bhutan, usually between 800-2700 m. Flowering: February-April. Medicinal Uses:Coriaria nepalensis (Coriaria sinica Maxim) is a Chinese herbal medicine and the root has been used to treat numbness, toothache due to wind and heat, phlegm-retention syndrome, traumatic injury and acute conjunctivitis (Wei, Zeng, Lu, &Tang, 1998). It is endemic to the Himalayan region and China Ecological Role in ecosystem: restoration: Coriaria nepalensis Wall. (Coriariaceae) is a common native, shrub species of the Central Himalayan region between 1200 and 2500 m a.s.l. Coriaria tends to be taller than the native understory shrubs and reaches a similar height or was shorter than the overstory trees. Accordingly, it fills a largely unexploited height class niche (small tree )large shrub). It is predominant in both disturbed and undisturbed forest ecosystems, often present in secondary forest and is a successful colonizer of landslide-affected or freshly exposed rocky and eroded slopes. It is a nitrogen-fixing actinorhizal plant that forms root nodules with actinomycete Frankia . It can so facilitate growth of associate plants; therefore, it can change the composition and structure of the forest. Plant facilitation (the positive effect of one species on the establishment and growth of another plant species) is recognized as an important driving force in primary and secondary succession . Facilitative or nurse plant effects are more evident harsh, limiting environments where these plants ameliorate the abiotic conditions, thereby providing more suitable habitats for associated plant species. Impacts of Coriaria nepalensis colonization on vegetation structure and regeneration dynamics in a mixed conifer forest