The Miniature Bignay

Bignay-pugo

Fruit clump in the palm of my hand

Fruit detail

Tree profile

I was in Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife visiting the new office of the Philippine Native Plant Conservation Society. While waiting for my companions to unload the supplies into the room, I visited another plant which I have been watching in the park.  It is what the park people call as Antidesma pentandrum or bignai-pugo and yes it is a miniature cousin of the more popular bignay or Antidesma bunius. I was surprised that the plant which I saw last year as only a mere shrub is now a small tree.  And the compact crown is covered with miniature clumps of small bignay-like berries.  I would love to have one of this in my garden!