“Embelia ribes (Vavding/Vidang) seeds—also known as false black pepper—are potent Ayurvedic spice‐herbs used as natural anthelmintic, digestive, and skin cleansers.”
🌿 Features & Traditional Uses
Based on botanical, traditional Ayurvedic references and vendor descriptions:
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Botanical identity: Dried seeds of Embelia ribes, a woody climber in the Primulaceae family, also called false black pepper, vaividang, or vavding
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Appearance: Small, globose reddish seeds encased in a thin membrane; fruit surface slightly wrinkled with persistent calyx remnants resembling a “beak”
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Major active constituents: Embelin, embelinol, embeliaribyl ester, christembine, vilangin, quercitol, known for biological activities
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