Leaves and flowers of bignay in the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Ripe bignay fruit in the Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Malpighiales
Family:
Phyllanthaceae
Genus:
Antidesma
Species:
A. bunius
Binomial name
Antidesma bunius
(L.) Spreng.
Antidesma bunius is a species of fruit tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and northern Australia. It is commonly known as bignay,[1] after its native name in the Philippines, where the fruits are commonly used for making bignay wine and jams. It is also known more ambiguously as Chinese laurel, Queensland cherry, salamander tree, wild cherry, and currant tree.[1]
^ ab"Antidesma bunius". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
Antidesmabunius is a species of fruit tree in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, Melanesia, and northern Australia...
fruit wine made from the berries of the native bignay or bugnay tree (Antidesmabunius). It is deep red in color and is slightly sweet with a fruity fragrance...
status for PTC and for a bitter component of the fruit of the tree Antidesmabunius was discovered. Research on the implications still continues. Ability...
species as a whole. Antidesmabunius "Antidesma montanum Blume". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2023-01-31. "Antidesma montanum Blume". Plants...
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cherry" or "tart cherry" Wild cherry or Wild Cherry may also refer to: Antidesmabunius, native to Southeast Asia and northern Australia Exocarpos cupressiformis...
polycephaloides, a closely-related species with similar edible berries. Antidesmabunius (bignay) "Syzygium curranii: Energy Development Corporation (EDC)"...
W. T. (1977). "Divergent taste responsiveness to fruit of the tree Antidesmabunius". Nature. 265 (5594): 536–537. Bibcode:1977Natur.265..536H. doi:10...
to grow in this national park include Pterospermum diversifolium, Antidesmabunius, Lagerstroemia speciosa, Steleochocarpus burahol, Santalum album, Aleurites...
closely-related species endemic to the Philippines with similar edible berries. Antidesmabunius (bignay) "Syzygium polycephaloides (C.B.Rob.) Merr". Plants of the...
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may be a bignay (also known as the bugnay, bignai or currant tree, Antidesmabunius), or it may simply be from the artist's imagination. An Oriental bay...
accepted the following subtribes and genera: Subtribe Antidesmatinae Antidesma Thecacoris Subtribe Hieronyminae: Hieronyma Subtribe Hymenocardiinae:...
mostly fruit wines, including bignay wine made from bignay berries (Antidesmabunius); guyabano wine made from soursop (Annona muricata); mangosteen wine...
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