Mazhar Botanic Garden

Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.

Wild Cherry

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000883
Common name: Wild Cherry
English name: Bignay, Chinese Laurel
Native: Southeast Asia
Country: Australia Southeast Asia
(PGR): Rare

Evergreen shrub or small tree, grow 3-8 m tall Leaves leathery, glossy, oblong, pointed 10-225 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, dark-green flowers reddish, male and female on separate tree, the male  in axillary or terminal spikes, the female in terminal racemes 8-20 cm long fruit round or ovoid up to 8 mm across

Ornamental tree. timber tree. edible fruit.

Antidesma andamanicum Hookf, Sapium crassifolium Elmer

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Texture: Clay Enriched soil Fertile Loam Sandy
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring
Zone: 9 : 11
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Tree
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Edible Ornamental Timber
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen tree

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