Scientific Name: Antidesma acidum Retzius
Family: Euphorbiaceae (Spurge Family)
Vernacular name: Asaripuli,
Areepazham, Arippazhachedi, Sirupulli (Malayalam)
Tribal name: Noolithali
(Paniya)
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen
and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
Distribution: India
incl. Andaman & Nicobar, Myanmar, Thailand, South China, Indo-China, Java,
Nepal
Tribal consumers:
Paniya
Parts Used:
Leaf (After cooking)
Seasonal Availability:
May-December
Key identification features: Large
shrubs; young stem, petioles and leaf below villous with curled hairs. Leaves
elliptic to obovate, with an attenuate base and acuminate apex. Flowers in
terminal spikes, with greenish-yellow perianth lobes. Male flowers with 2
stamens; female flowers with a 1-loculed ovary. Fruit a globose drupe.
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