Mazhar Botanic Garden

Antidesma montanum Blume

Bignay-Kintag

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001158
Common name: Bignay-Kintag
English name: Mountain Currant tree
Arabic name: انتيديسما
Native: Southeast Asia, india, philippines
Country: India Philippines Southeast Asia

Evergreen tree grow to 10 m high leaves simple 8-22 cm long oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate in shape flowers unisexual, meaning there are separate male and female flowers on the same plant fruit small, spherical, and initially white,  eventually turning red and then black as they ripen

edible fruit. Traditional medicine. The wood is hard, somewhat brittle. It is used in house construction, for rice pestles etc. The wood is used for fuel.

Antidesma obliquinervium Merr , Antidesma oblongifolium Blume

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Texture: Clay Lime rich soils Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time:
Zone: 9 : 10
pH range: 5.5 - 7.0

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