''Antidesma montanum'' is a species of tree in the family

Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the ...

, native to

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, from

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to the

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. It can grow up to . The fruits are edible. Four varieties have been accepted, each of which has multiple

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, which include ''Antidesma obliquinervium'' for ''A. montanum'' var. ''montanum''.

Taxonomy

''Antidesma montanum'' was first described by

Carl Ludwig Blume Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume (9 June 1796, Braunschweig – 3 February 1862, Leiden) was a German-Dutch botanist. He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life wor ...

in 1827.

Varieties

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listed four varieties: *''Antidesma montanum'' var. ''microphyllum'' (Hemsl.) Petra Hoffm. *''Antidesma montanum'' var. ''montanum'' *''Antidesma montanum'' var. ''salicinum'' (Ridl.) Petra Hoffm. *''Antidesma montanum'' var. ''wallichii'' (Tul.) Petra Hoffm. The varieties each have multiple synonyms. , ''Antidesma obliquinervium'' was accepted by Plants of the World Online as a synonym of ''A. montanum'' var. ''montanum''. The 1998 IUCN Red List treated ''A. obliquinervium'' as " vulnerable", describing it as endemic to

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in the Philippines, while ''A. montanum'' var. ''montanum'' has a wide distribution similar to that of the species as a whole.

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* http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=242303585 montanum Plants described in 1826 {{Phyllanthaceae-stub

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