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Bignay
Antidesma bunius
Description: Bignay is a
shrub or small tree, 3 to 12 meters tall, with shiny, pointed leaves about 15
centimeters long. Its flowers are small, clustered, and green. It has fleshy,
dark red or black fruit and a single seed. The fruit is about 1 centimeter in diameter.
Habitat and
Distribution: This
plant is found in rain forests and semievergreen
seasonal forests
in the tropics. It is found in open places and in secondary forests. It
grows wild from
the Himalayas to Ceylon and eastward through Indonesia to northern Australia.
However, it may be found anywhere in the tropics in cultivated forms.
Edible Parts: The fruit is
edible raw. Do not eat any other parts of the tree. In Africa, the roots are
toxic. Other parts of the plant may be poisonous.
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