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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