Species information Abo ut Reso urces Hom e A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Antidesma ghaesembilla Click on images to enlarge Family Phyllanthaceae Scientific Name Antidesma ghaesembilla Gaertn. Gaertner, J. (1788) De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum 1: 189. Type: Ghaesembilla zeylon. E collect. sem. Female flowers [not vouchered]. Copyright G. Sankowsky hort. lugdb. Common name Black Currant Tree; Onjam; Koontjir; Dempool; Blackcurrant Stem Often short-boled and poorly formed. Bark dark in colour. Often flowering and fruiting as a shrub. Male flowers. Copyright R.L. Barrett Leaves Leaf blades about 4-6 x 2-3.5 cm. Lateral veins curving but not forming very distinct loops inside the blade margin. Twig lenticels pale. Stipules filiform, pubescent. Domatia are tufts of hair. Flowers Male and female flowers about 1 mm diam. Disk pubescent in both male and female flowers. Leaves and fruit. CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium Fruit Fruits small, about 4-5 mm long. Persistent calyx not disk-like. Seedlings Cotyledons elliptic, about 8 x 5 mm. At the tenth leaf stage: petioles hairy; stipules filiform, 1-2 mm long, hairy. Seed germination time 28 to 29 days. Distribution and Ecology Occurs in WA, NT, CYP and NEQ. Altitudinal range from near sea level to 600 m. Grows in gallery forest, monsoon forest and closed forest often on heavy soils subject to water-logging during the wet season. Also Fruit. Copyright R.L. Barrett occurs in Asia and Malesia. Natural History & Notes The rather acid fruits are eaten by children. Corner (1988). Shrub (woody or herbaceous, 1-6 m tall) X Leaves, fruit and bark. Copyright R.L. Barrett Tree X Synonyms Antidesma ghaesembilla var. genuinum Mull.Arg., Prodromus 15(2.: 251(1866). Antidesma ghaesembilla Gaertn. var. ghaesembilla, Prodromus 15(2.: 251(1866). Antidesma schultzii Benth., Flora Australiensis 6: 86(1873), Type: N. Australia. Port Darwin, Schultz, n. 610, 743. RFK Code 910 Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images. 10th leaf stage. Copyright CSIRO Cotyledon stage, Epigeal germination. Copyright CSIRO.