- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
- Family (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthaceae
- Species : Antidesma bunius
- Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Antidesma bunius (L.) Spreng.
- Vernacular name : Nayi kode (Kan.); Anepu (Tel.)
- Collection Nos : RRLB 2212; RRLB 4316
- Collector(s) Name : H.O Saxena & M. Brahmam
- Collection Date : 21/04/1976; 04/05/1981
- Collection Locality : Mahendra giri hills, Ganjam dist.; Dudruchampa, Similipal, Mayurbhanj district, Odisha state
- Key identification features : Small tree. Young banches pubescent. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, oblanceolate, smooth, shining with acuminate apex. Male flowers yellowish, sessile, calyx cupular, shortly lobed. Fruit reddish, very juicy with an acidic taste.
- Habit : Tree
- Flower, Fruit : April-August
- Comments : Occasional in hill forests of Eastern Ghats.
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Distribution Locality : Visakhapatnam district (Andhra Pradesh State); Mahendragiri Hills (Ganjam district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
- World Distribution : India, Nicobar Islands (India), Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, South China, Malesia, New Guinea, Queensland
- Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Antidesma bunius. Downloaded on 31 January 2025.
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