Bignay


Bignay fruits
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Bignay is native to Malaya and Asia.

Fruits of bignay grow in grape-like clusters with often twenty or thirty fruit per cluster. Fruits are used to make jelly, jam or wine. The fruits ripen unevenly so within a cluster the fruits have different colors.

Names

Scientific
   Antidesma bunius
English
   Bignay
   Bugnay
   Chinese-laurel
   Currant tree
   Queensland-cherry
   Salamander-tree
   Wild cherry
French
   Bignay
German
   Bignai
   Buni
   Salamanderbaum
Thai
   Ma mao luang
   Mao luang
Other
   Mao berry

Taxonomy

Genus
   Antidesma
Family
   Phyllanthaceae
Order
   Malpighiales

Crop categories

Fruits
Food crops
Tropical crops

Pictures


Bignay fruits
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Bignay fruits
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Bignay fruits
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Bignay young plant
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