Amti / Black Currant Tree
Antidesma ghaesembilla
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam & more
- Flowering
- April-December
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Antidesma ghaesembilla
- Genus
- Antidesma
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Mixed forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India to Malaysia
- Distribution
- India, Bangladesh, South China, Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, North Australia
- Found in India
- West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- April-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- ObovaterecordedEgg-shaped but broader near the tip rather than the base.“Leaves are some 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) by 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) in size (sometimes as short as 2 cm or as long as 16 cm, as narrow as 2 cm and as wide as 9 cm), with curving lateral vei” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- PubescentrecordedCovered in short, soft hairs.“At tenth leaf stage there are hairy petioles and hairy, filiform stipules (1–2 mm long).” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amti itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Amti itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Amti, Umtoa
- Nepali
- Chipli
- Bengali
- Khudi-jam, Timtoa
- Telugu
- Jaana palasheru, Lona, Nallaballi
- Kannada
- Pulimpurase, Pullampurasi
- Malayalam
- Cheriyakottam, Cheriyannatam, Tsjeriamcottam, kattupulinchi
- Marathi
- Jomdri
About Amti
Black Currant Tree (Antidesma ghaesembilla) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam and 10 other states. It grows in mixed forests. Flowering and fruiting run from April to December.
Uses
In practice it is grown for parts that are eaten, long used in traditional medicine and tapped for gum or resin. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It is treated as sacred and appears in worship.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Amti belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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