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
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Phyllanthaceae
Genus
Antidesma
Species
Antidesma bunius (Bignay)
Crop categories
Fruits
Minor crops
Tropical crops
Pictures
Bignay fruits
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Bignay fruits
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Bignay young plant
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