Thursday, June 27, 2024

Antidesma acidum Retz.

 

Family: Euphorbiaceae

Synonym: Stilago diandra Roxb., Antidesma diandrum (Roxb.) Spreng.

Vernacular name: Asaripuli, Areepazham, Arippazhachedi, Sirupulli

Habit: Shrub

Habitat: Semi- evergreen & Moist Deciduous Forests

Distribution: Tropical Asia

Flowering and Fruiting: April - July. Fruit ripen June - January

Key identification features: It is a large shrubs with young stem, petioles and leaf below villous with curled hairs. Spikes are terminal. Male flowers have 2 stamens, attached in depressions on the disc. In female flowers ovary obovoid, 1-loculed. Fruit is drupe and globose.

Uses: Leaves are eaten as vegetable, slightly acidic, also leaves can be preserved for later use. Fruits are acidic and edible



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