Antidesma bunius. Antidesma diandrum. Antidesma ghaesembilla.
Botanical name:
Antidesma bunius Spreng. Euphorbiaceae.
A tree of Nepal, Amboina and Malabar. Its shining, deep red, fruits are subacid and palatable. In Java, the fruits are used, principally by Europeans, for preserving.
Antidesma diandrum Spreng.
East Indies. The berries are eaten by the natives. The leaves are acid and are made into preserve.
Antidesma ghaesembilla Gaertn.
East Indies, Malay, Australia and African tropics. The small drupes, dark purple when ripe, with pulp agreeably acid, are eaten.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
