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Antidesma bunius


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Antidesma bunius
  • Scientific Name: Antidesma bunius
  • Common Name: bignay
  • Symbol: ANBU3
  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Antidesma
  • Family: Euphorbiaceae
  • Family Common Name: Spurge family
  • Order: Euphorbiales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Edible: unknown

  • Bignay


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  • Scientific Name: Antidesma bunius
  • Common Name(s): Bignay
  • Edible: yes
  • Medicinal: no
  • Parts Used: fruit


  • Logos
    10 Aug, 2008

    CAUTION Eaten in large quantities, the fruit may have a laxative effect.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    Logos
    10 Aug, 2008

    Description: Bignay is a shrub or small tree, 3 to 12 meters tall, with shiny, pointed leaves about 15 centimeters long. Its flowers are small, clustered, and green. It has fleshy, dark red or black fruit and a single seed. The fruit is about 1 centimeter in diameter.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    Logos
    10 Aug, 2008

    Habitat and Distribution: This plant is found in rain forests and semievergreen seasonal forests in the tropics. It is found in open places and in secondary forests. It grows wild from the Himalayas to Ceylon and eastward through Indonesia to northern Australia. However, it may be found anywhere in the tropics in cultivated forms.
    Current Rating: 0.0000
    Logos
    10 Aug, 2008

    Edible Parts: The fruit is edible raw. Do not eat any other parts of the tree. In Africa, the roots are toxic. Other parts of the plant may be poisonous.
    Current Rating: 0.0000

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