- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System IV) : Phyllanthaceae
- Synonym(s) : Antidesma pubescens Roxb.; Antidesma paniculatum Blume
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Antidesma ghaesembilla Gaertn.
- Common name : Black currant tree
- Vernacular name :
- Amti, Umtoa (Hindi)
- Pulli purase (Kannada)
- Pulichamaram (Tamil)
- Suankali, Nuniari, Jamula, Khath marmuri (Oria)
- Puttam, Polari, Lona, Khath pulitsi, Janupulisaru, Pulleru (Telugu)
- Kattupulinchi, Poothuruval (Malayalam)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Mixed forests
- Comments / notes : On hills to 1200m.
- Flower, Fruit : April-December
- Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, K. Sankara Rao
- Collection Date : 25/10/2014
- Collection Nos : HJCB-0084
- Collection Locality : Tirumal Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district, Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, Y.S.R. Kadapa district, Chittoor district, Kurnool district
- Karnataka : Belagavi district, Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Chitradurga district, Dakshina Kannada district, Dharwad district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kasaragod district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Raigad (Karle Khind)
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
- Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Changalpattu district, Coimbatore district, Dindigul district, Tiruvannamalai district, Villipuram district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
- Arunachal Pradesh : Arunachal Pradesh
- Meghalaya : Meghalaya
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
- Mizoram : Mizoram
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Manipur : Manipur
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, China, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vanuatu, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2
- H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
- R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
- R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
- H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
- Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
- K.Ravikumar, A.C.Tangavelou, & Navendu Page. (2021). Seed plants of Karnataka, India: A concise dictionary. FRLHT-TDU, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai.
- Read more :
- Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Antidesma ghaesembilla
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Antidesma ghaesembilla. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.
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