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Embelia ribes
false black pepper
As recorded: Embelia ribes Burm.fil.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Ericales › Primulaceae
- Collected by
- Si Toroes, R.
- Collector number
- 3669
- Date
- March 7, 1933
- Locality
- East Coast: Subdivision Laboehan Batoe, District Kota Pinang; Langga Pajoeng (on the Soengei Kanan: Topographic Sheet 41, southeast quarter)
- Island
- Sumatra
- Region
- Indonesia
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On March 7, 1933, Si Toroes, R. also collected 5 other specimens.
Embelia ribes observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1933. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 70 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-02-22.

2026-02-22
Musapuri, Tamil Nadu, India
no rights reserved

2026-01-18
Queenstown, Singapore
(c) roy_quah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-14
香港黃泥涌峽
(c) Casper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-01-14
香港山頂
(c) Casper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-13
Bukit Panjang, Singapore
(c) Gavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2025-09-13
Bukit Panjang, Singapore
(c) Gavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Embelia ribes. BISH 163743. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956237873. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/163743.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956237873 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
