Typical of the Euphorbiaceae family
Antidesma acidum
Aamari / Sour Currant Shrub आमरी
Hindi name · See all regional names ↓
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- May-December
Aamari in regional languages
Find the name you know, then compare it with the botanical profile. Columns list recorded aliases; they are not paired translations. A Latin spelling appears only when it is present in the source record.
| Language | Regional script | Recorded Latin spelling |
|---|---|---|
| Hindi | आमरी | Dhakki, Aamari, Khatua |
| Nepali | अरचल | Archal |
| Bengali | অর্চল · মুট্টা | Archal, Mutta |
| Tamil | புளிச்சமரம் | Asaripuli, Keathekkayyaa |
| Telugu | Not recorded | Pella-gumudu |
| Kannada | ಬಿಳಿಕೊಮ್ಮೆ · ಕರಿಹುಳಿಪ · ಸಣ್ಣಗೂಗೆ | Bilikomme, Karrihulipa, Sannagooge |
| Malayalam | ആശാരിപ്പുളി | Areepazham, Arippazhachedi, Sirupulli |
| Marathi | Not recorded | Ghondurili |
| Assamese | হেলচ | Not recorded |
See the original recorded names
- Hindi
- Dhakki, आमरी Aamari, Khatua
- Nepali
- अरचल Archal
- Bengali
- অর্চল Archal, মুট্টা Mutta
- Tamil
- Asaripuli, Keathekkayyaa, புளிச்சமரம்
- Telugu
- Pella-gumudu
- Kannada
- ಬಿಳಿಕೊಮ್ಮೆ Bilikomme, ಕರಿಹುಳಿಪ Karrihulipa, ಸಣ್ಣಗೂಗೆ Sannagooge
- Malayalam
- Areepazham, Arippazhachedi, Sirupulli, ആശാരിപ്പുളി
- Marathi
- Ghondurili
- Assamese
- হেলচ
Ecology & growing context
- Native status · Kew WCVP
- WCVP native range includes Andaman Is., Assam, India, Nicobar Is., West Himalaya Kew dataset ↗︎
Kew WCVP dataset; accepted-name match. Dataset matching is separate from an individual regional review. Recorded worldwide native range: Indian Subcontinent to SC. China and Indo-China, Jawa.
- Recorded habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Explore nearby plants
- Assam →Karnataka →West Bengal →
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How to identify Aamari
Identify Aamari by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Confirm leaf shape: Obovate.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- Confirm fruit type: Drupe.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: May-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Antidesma acidum
- Genus
- Antidesma
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- Tropical Asia
- Distribution
- India incl. Andaman & Nicobar, Myanmar, Thailand, South China, Indo-China, Java, Nepal
- Found in India
- Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- ObovaterecordedEgg-shaped but broader near the tip rather than the base.“Obovate to elliptic-oblong papery leaves;” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Aamari itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“Ellipsoid smooth drupes, 4–6 by 3–4 mm, nearly terete to laterally compressed.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Aamari itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Aamari
Sour Currant Shrub (Antidesma acidum) is a tree in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Assam, Karnataka, West Bengal and 16 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Uses
Locally it is grown for parts that are eaten and long used in traditional medicine. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Aamari belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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