Phyllanthaceae
Bignay
Antidesma bunius
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus
- Antidesma
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Common names
By language (34)
- ace
- Bunie
- azb
- سالاماندرا آغاجی
- Azerbaijani
- Salamandra ağacı
- ban
- Boni
- bik
- Bugnay
- Bulgarian
- Саламандрово дърво
- Burmese
- ကင်မလင်းပင်
- Cantonese
- 五月茶
- Catalan
- Bignay
- Cebuano
- Bugnay, Bognay
- Chinese
- 五月茶, 污槽树
- English
- Bignay, Chinese-laurel
- Filipino
- Bignay
- Indonesian
- Buni
- Japanese
- ブニノキ
- Javanese
- Wuni
- koi
- Бигнай
- kv
- Бигнай
- mad
- Burnè, Burnèh
- Malay
- Buni
- Malayalam
- അരിയാപൊരിയൻ
- mrj
- Бигнай
- Nepali
- अर्चल
- pam
- Isip
- Persian
- برگ بوی چینی
- Polish
- Antydesma wawrzynolistna
- Russian
- Бигнай
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇမဝ်ႈ, မၢၵ်ႇမဝ်ႈလူင်, မၢၵ်ႇၵမ်ႇပင်း, မၢၵ်ႇၵမ်ႇပလၢင်း
- Sinhala
- කරවල කැබිල්ල
- Sundanese
- Huni
- Tamil
- கொரந்தி
- Thai
- มะเม่าดง
- udm
- Бигнай
- Vietnamese
- Chòi mòi tía
Synonyms
- Antidesma andamanicum Hook.f.
- Antidesma bunius var. bunius
- Antidesma bunius var. cordifolium (C.Presl) Müll.Arg.
- Antidesma bunius var. floribundum (Tul.) Müll.Arg.
- Antidesma bunius var. genuinum Müll.Arg.
- Antidesma bunius var. pubescens Petra Hoffm.
- Antidesma bunius var. sylvestre (Lam.) Müll.Arg.
- Antidesma bunius var. wallichii Müll.Arg.
- Antidesma ciliatum C.Presl
- Antidesma collettii Craib
- Antidesma cordifolium C.Presl
- Antidesma crassifolium (Elmer) Merr.
- Antidesma floribundum Tul.
- Antidesma glabellum K.D.Koenig ex Benn.
- Antidesma glabrum Tul.
- Antidesma retusum Zipp. ex Span.
- Antidesma rumphii Tul.
- Antidesma stilago Poir.
- Antidesma stilago Forsyth f.
- Antidesma sylvestre Lam.
- Antidesma thorelianum Gagnep.
- Sapium crassifolium Elmer
- Stilago bunius L.
Characteristics
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FruitPhoto: coenobita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: scallions, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.