Bavina Soppu / Mountain Currant Tree
Antidesma menasu
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
- Flowering
- May-November
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Antidesma menasu
- Genus
- Antidesma
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along streams in dry evergreen, evergreen and shola forests
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India incl. Andaman & Nicobar, Myanmar, Thailand, South China, Indo-China, Java, Nepal
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-November
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bavina Soppu 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 Bavina Soppu itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Kannada
- ಬಾವಿನ ಸೊಪ್ಪು bavina soppu, ಕದಿರು ಸಪ್ಪು kadiru sappu, ಕಡಿವಾಳ ಸೊಪ್ಪು kadivala soppu
- Malayalam
- നെയ്ത്താലി neyththaali
- Marathi
- अंबट ambat
- Tamil
- நெரளைதாளி neralaitali
- Telugu
- నక్క గదము nakka-gadamu
- Tulu
- ಬಾಪುಥ ತಪ್ಪು baputha thappu
About Bavina Soppu
Mountain Currant Tree (Antidesma menasu) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. It grows in along streams in dry evergreen, evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to November.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Bavina Soppu belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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