Brinjevec is a candidate for the classification as a specialty on the list of world-famous drinks. "Kraški brinjevec" is made of juniper berries from the species "Juniperus communis". "Juniperus communis" is a barbed evergreen shrub or low tree that grows in a dry karst terrain. It is a monosex plant and only female plants grow berries. Juniper berries ripen only every two or even three years, so the same bush often carries mature and immature berries. Mature berries are fleshy, dark blue, refreshing fruity smell with a bit sweet and bitter taste. Berries are gathered in October and November with a
East Deccan dry evergreen forests remaining forests are now characterized by areas of leathery-leaved evergreen forest, with a relatively low (10-meter) closed canopy. Predominant species are "Manilkara hexandra", "Mimusops elengi", Ceylon ebony ("Diospyros ebenum"), strychnine tree ("Strychnos nux-vomica"), "Eugenia" spp., "Drypetes sepiaria", and "Flacourtia indica". A few small enclaves of deciduous Sal forest exist, but are under intensive human pressure. Only five percent of the ecoregion remains in forest, which is found in isolated pockets. Most of the ecoregion's forests have been degraded into tropical dry evergreen scrublands, characterized by thorny species such as "Ziziphus glaberrima", "Dichrostachys cinerea", "Catunaregam spinosa", and "Carissa spinarum". Mammals found