Details for: PI 46704, Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng., Bignay

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.

Top Name:

Bignay

Origin:

Developed – Luzon, Philippines

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

29 Oct 1918

PI Assigned:

1918

Inventory Volume:

57
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Cutting	1 count		PI 46704 PL

Note: When you select cuttings, you will receive unrooted cuttings, not rooted plants, unless specific arrangements have been made with the curator.
Distributed as: Fruit/Seeds, Available: Around two times a year

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.

Top Name:

Bignay

Origin:

Developed – Luzon, Philippines

Maintained:

Tropical Agriculture Research Station

Received by NPGS:

29 Oct 1918

PI Assigned:

1918

Source History

Developed

Luzon, Philippines

Developer(s):

University of the Philippines

Donated

29 October 1918.
Luzon, Philippines

Donor(s):

Baker, C.F., University of Philippines

February 1921.
District of Columbia, United States

Donor(s):

Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction

Accession Names and Identifiers

Bignay

Type: Local name

TARS 1270

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

"Bignay. Collected on the college farm. A small evergreen tree, found in India, the Malay Archipelago, and China, with glabrous leaves and pubescent spikes of small flowers. The very juicy red fruits trun black when ripe, and are about a third of an inch in diameter. The bark of this tree yields a fiber from which rope is made, and the leaves are used as a remedy for snake bites. The wood, when inmersed in water, becomes black and as heavy as iron. The fruits are subacid in taste and are used for preserving." (Adapted from Brandis, Indian Trees, p. 564, and from Lindley, Treasury of Botany, vol. 1, p. 75) " B.P.I. Inventories No. 57-22

Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.

Genus:

Antidesma

Family:

Phyllanthaceae

Subfamily:

Antidesmatoideae

Tribe:

Antidesmateae

Subtribe:

Antidesmatinae

Nomen number:

3639

Place of publication:

Syst. veg. 1:826. 1824 ("1825")

Comment:

the specific epithet is a noun in apposition and retains its own gender and termination irrespective of the gender of the generic name (Shenzhen ICN Art. 23.5)

Verified:

03/16/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Stilago bunius L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Antidesma dallachyanum Baill.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	bignay			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	bignay China-laurel			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Chinese-laurel			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	currant-tree			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
English	Herbert River-cherry		as Antidesma dallachyanum	1	Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: = Antidesma dallachyanum
English	Queensland-cherry		as Antidesma dallachyanum	1	1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Antidesma dallachyanum
English	salamander-tree			1	Verheij, E. W. M. & R. E. Coronel, eds. 1991. Edible fruits and nuts. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 2:78.
English	wild cherry			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chinese	wu yue cha	五月茶		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Dutch	salamanderboom			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
French	antidesme			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	lorbeerblättriger Flachsbaum			2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German	Salamanderbaum			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	bignai			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants

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