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Accession Data:

Antidesma bunius (L.) K. Spreng.

  • Common Name: Bignay, Bignai
  • Family: Phyllanthaceae

  • Country of Origin: India, Malay Arch.

  • Description: Dioecious. This large evergreen with shiny deep-green leaves is easily grown and bears large amounts of small shiny red fruits which are edible out of hand but generally used for wine or jelly. It freezes at 26°F but will recover from the roots.
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500132
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1212 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 NW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Malpighiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Phyllanthaceae
  • SubFamily: Antidesmatoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2024
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References (internal):

  • Edible Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Hainan / China Southeast / Tibet / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Laos / Myanmar / Nicobar Is. / Thailand / Vietnam / Borneo / Jawa / Lesser Sunda Is. / Malaya / Maluku / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / Christmas I. / New Guinea /

References (external):

  1. California Rare Fruit Growers WWW Site
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 22 April 2015.
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 22 April 2015.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:00:10 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Phyllanthaceae

Subfamily Antidesmatoideae

  • Antidesma bunius

Subfamily Phyllanthoideae
Tribe Phyllantheae

  • Flueggeinae: Breynia disticha
  • Flueggeinae: Phyllanthus angustifolius
  • Flueggeinae: Phyllanthus epiphyllanthus W/C
  • Flueggeinae: Sauropus androgynus
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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