• Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
  (Spurge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
• Synonym(s) : Stilago diandra Roxb.; Antidesma diandrum (Roxb.) Spreng.; Stilago lanceolaria Roxb.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Antidesma acidum Retz.
• Vernacular name :
  • Amta, Amari, Khatua, Katma, Dhakki, Amoori (Hindi)
  • Bili komme, Meginakaadu soppu (Kannada)
  • Asaripuli, Kaattukoya (Tamil)
  • Pellagumudu, Gumudu (Telugu)
  • Nunnunia, Nuniari, Jamarla, Manmudi, Kath-marsuri, Jamula (Oria)
  • Asaripuli, Areepazham, Arippazhachedi, Sirupulli (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical moist deciduous forests, sacred groves, fairly common in forests and on hills up to 1000m,by forest border, exposed slopes etc.
• Comments / notes : Paste of leaves is said to be used for healing wounds; Fruits are edible.
• Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, up to 6 m high with spreading crown; Leaves oblong elliptic, obovate or oblanceolate, rusty pubescent beneath; Flowers in lax terminal or lateral racemes, pedicellate, greenish yellow; Fruits purplish red.
• Flower, Fruit : May-December
• Collector(s) Name : S.R.Ramesh, S.B.Manohar; H.O.Saxena, M.Brahmam
• Collection Date : 17-05-1979, 19-10-2003
• Collection Nos : KFP 7718, RRL 5181
• Collection Locality : B.R.Hills, Mysuru district; Gurguria, Odisha
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Kurnool district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Prakasam district, Vizianagaram district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Belagavi district, Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : All district of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Lonavala
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Dharmapuri district, Kancheepuram (Changalpattu-CGP) district, Karur district, Krishnagiri district, Madurai district, Namakkal district, Pudukkottai district, Sivaganga district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district, Vellore district
  • Jharkhand :
  • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
  • Uttarakhand : Nainital district
  • Sikkim : Sikkim
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Tirap
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
  • Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi
  • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi district
  • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 361
  • Indigenous Plants at Biodiversity Park, Ranchi - Ranchi Afforestation Division, Forest and Environmental Department, Jharkhand
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Antidesma acidum
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Antidesma acidum. Downloaded on 30 January 2026.

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