Taxon: Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.

Common names:

• antidesme   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• bignai   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  
• bignay   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Chinese-laurel   (Source: World Econ Pl )
  
• Herbert River-cherry   (Source: Econ Pl Aust as A. dallachyanum)
  
• Queensland-cherry   (Source: Websters Dict as A. dallachyanum)
  
• salamander-tree   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 2:78.)
  
• Salamanderbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm )
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F; Zander ed14)
  
• Human food: fruit   (bitter to some but sweet to others fide Pl Book)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China [s.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bhutan; India - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh [s.], West Bengal; Nepal; Sri Lanka
  North Indian Ocean: India - Andaman and Nicobar [Andaman Islands]
  Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia - Queensland [n.e.?]

References:

• Airy Shaw, H. K. 1975. The Euphorbiaceae of Borneo. Kew Bull. add. ser., 4:209.
• Airy Shaw, H. K. 1980. The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea. Kew Bull. add. ser., 8:211.
• Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography. (Euphorb India)
• Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae. (L Euphorb)
• Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust) [= A. dallachyanum].
• Merrill, E. D. 1922–1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants. (F Philipp)
• Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. (CultTropS)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA). (Pl Res SEAs) 2:78.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= A. dallachyanum].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Antidesma bunius.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Antidesma bunius. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Antidesma dallachyanum Baill.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Stilago bunius L. (basionym)
  

Check other databases for Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Fruit: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Fruit with exocarp removed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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