Antidesma is a wild medicinally important genus belongs to Phyllanthaceae family. The leaves and fruits of Antidesma
acidum and Antidesma ghaesembiilla are edible as well as medicinal. Both the plants can be used to treat various body ailments.
Traditionally, A. acidum is used for muscular pain because of its anti-inflammatory property whereas A. ghaesembilla is used
against skin diseases. In the present study, a comparative evaluation of morphological, anatomical, phytochemical and antiinflammatory activity of A. acidum and A. ghaesembilla is done with several objectives. Both the species have similar
morphological and anatomical features with some minute differences. The antioxidant activity of the present study revealed the
free radical scavenging property. The antioxidative property of two species of Antidesma genus are compared and found that A.
ghaesembilla (73.33%) shows a higher antioxidant activity than A. acidum(15%).
