Antidesma tomentosum — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Fruit

The ripe fruit are eaten.

Where to Find It

A tropical plant. It grows in mountainous regions. It grows in a range of forest types and up to 1,800 m above sea level in Thailand.

Asia, Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, SE Asia, Singapore, Thailand,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A small tree. It grows about 8 m high. The trunk is 18-25 cm across. The leaves are narrowly oval and papery. The base can be heart shaped. Male flowers are in the axils of leaves and occur singly. The fruit are oval.

How to Grow

Plants can be grown by seed.

Medicinal Uses

The roots are chewed and applied for internal pain.

Other Uses

The bark is burned and the ash is rubbed on the teeth to colour them. The sapwood is white, yellow, orange, pink or red-brown. The wood is hard, heavy, odourless and tasteless. The hard wood is used for making ploughs.

Wikipedia

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Antidesma tomentosum is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is native to Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, the Nicobar Islands, the Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatra and Thailand.

Notes

There are about 100-170 Antidesma species.

Names & Synonyms

Adadsay, Ata tamsi, Balinsaay, Kansali, Ki suhur, Ki suhur lalaki, Mata pelandok, Pohon buni kidang, Tampar kidang

Antidesma bangueyense Merr.and several others.

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