BLACK CURRANT TREE (Antidesma ghaesembilla) A port ion of the tree of the black currant tree Family : Euphorbiaceae Other names : Jhondri, Umtea, Black currant tree grows extensively in deciduous or mixed dry forests in tropical parts of Central and East Asia starting from India to Papau New Guinea. This tree can even also be seen in North Australia. Description : A small to medium tree upto 20 m tall; young twigs pubescent. Leaves oblong, more rarely ovate or obovate, (2-)3-7(-16) × (2-)3-5(-9) cm, papery to thinly leathery, pubescent to glabrous especially adaxially, often only major veins and margin pubescent, dull or shiny adaxially, dull abaxially, drying olive green to reddish green, base rounded to cordate, rarely obtuse, apex rounded, more rarely obtuse or acute, sometimes mucronate or retuse; domatia sometimes present; midvein flat adaxially, lateral veins 5-7 pairs, tertiary veins reticulate to weakly percurrent. Shoots of bl