Taxon:  Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.



Summary
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 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 3  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Stilago bunius L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Antidesma dallachyanum Baill.

Images (3 total. Click on image for more.)
Fruit

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Airy Shaw, H. K. 1975. The Euphorbiaceae of Borneo. Kew Bull. add. ser., 4:209.
  2. Airy Shaw, H. K. 1980. The Euphorbiaceae of New Guinea. Kew Bull. add. ser., 8:211.
  3. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
  5. Coode, M. J. E. et al., eds. 1996. A checklist of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Brunei Darussalam
  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
  8. Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1209.
  9. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
  10. Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
  11. Grierson, A. J. C. & D. J. Long. 1984-. Flora of Bhutan including a record of plants from Sikkim.
  12. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  13. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  14. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  15. Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
  16. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  17. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: = Antidesma dallachyanum
  18. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  19. Mabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 53. Note: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  20. Merrill, E. D. 1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
  21. Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
  22. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
  23. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  24. 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.
  25. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  26. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  27. 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Antidesma dallachyanum
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbignay  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishbignay China-laurel  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishChinese-laurel  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishcurrant-tree  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
EnglishHerbert River-cherry as Antidesma dallachyanum1Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia Note: = Antidesma dallachyanum
EnglishQueensland-cherry as Antidesma dallachyanum11961. Webster's third new international dictionary. Note: = Antidesma dallachyanum
Englishsalamander-tree  1Verheij, 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.
Englishwild cherry  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Chinesewu yue cha五月茶 2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Dutchsalamanderboom  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Frenchantidesme  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanlorbeerblättriger Flachsbaum  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
GermanSalamanderbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbignai  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXizang Zizhiqu Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAndhra Pradesh Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaAssam Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaKerala Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMeghalaya Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaMizoram Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaNagaland Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaOdisha Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaSikkim Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaUttar Pradeshs.Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaWest Bengal Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar IslandsAndaman IslandsWu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaBorneo  Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaBrunei Darussalam  Coode, M. J. E. et al., eds. 1996. A checklist of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Brunei Darussalam
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaChristmas Island  Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaJawa Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaLesser Sunda Islands Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaMaluku Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesiaSulawesi Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaSingapore  Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea  Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn.e.?Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
1NativePacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench PolynesiaSociety Islands Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina  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.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  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.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaHonduras  Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Guizhou Sheng, Hainan Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Xizang Zizhiqu, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India [Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh (s.), West Bengal, Mizoram], Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Andaman Islands)], Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Borneo, Brunei Darussalam, Christmas Island, Indonesia [Jawa, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku, Sulawesi], Philippines, Singapore
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.e.?)]
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: French Polynesia [Society Islands]
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Cuba
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Honduras

Reference(s)
  1. Balakrishnan, N. P. & T. Chakrabarty. 2007. The family Euphorbiaceae in India; a synopsis of its profile, taxonomy and bibliography
  2. Coode, M. J. E. et al., eds. 1996. A checklist of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Brunei Darussalam
  3. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  4. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  5. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  6. Hoffmann, P. 2005. Antidesma in Malesia and Thailand
  7. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  8. 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.
  9. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Human foodbeverage base 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.
Human foodfruitbitter to some but sweet to othersMabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Human foodvegetable Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
MaterialswoodtimberMabberley, D. J. 2008. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, ed. 3 53. Note: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Medicinesfolklore Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=3639. Accessed 17 April 2026.