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5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers

Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Antidesma in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Antidesma crassifolium (Elmer) Merr., Antidesma dallachyanum Baillon, Antidesma rumphii Tul.

Bignay, Chinese laurel, salamander tree (En). Antidesme (Fr). Indonesia: buni (general), huni (Sundanese), wuni (Java). Malaysia: buneh, buni (general), berunai (Peninsular). Philippines: bignai (Tagalog), isip (Pampango), paginga (Ibanag). Burma (Myanmar): kywe-pyisin. Laos: kho liên tu. Thailand: ba mao ruese, mamao dong (northern), mao chang (south-eastern). Vietnam: ch[of]i m[of]i.

From Sri Lanka, southern India and the eastern Himalaya to Burma (Myanmar), Indo-China, southern China, Thailand, and throughout the Malesian region excluding Peninsular Malaysia and most of Borneo (recorded from Banggi Island only) towards Australia (Queensland); possibly not native to the Philippines, also widely cultivated in Indonesia (mainly Java), Peninsular Malaysia, the Philippines and Indo-China.

M.S.M. Sosef

Sosef, M.S.M., 1998. Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea