Herbarium JCB

Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) Fischer

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(SPURGE FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthaceae
Species : Breynia vitis-idaea
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Breynia vitis-idaea (Burm.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
Vernacular name : Tikhar, Surasaruni (Hin.); Kadu nugge (Kan.); Manipullanthi, Sithuruvam, Seppulaa (Tam.); Yellari, Puri gudu (Tel.); Jajan, Jhanjika, Pohalakuli (Ori.)
Collection Nos : HJCB-0661; RRLB 6884
Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy, Navendu Page & Arun Singh R; M. Brahmam & N.C. Raut
Collection Date : 25/03/2016; 24/04/1991
Collection Locality : Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu State; Way to Laxmipur, Koraput district, Odisha
Habitat : Evergreen forest
Key identification features : A shrub or a small tree growing up to 6-7 m height. Leaves are simple, elliptic to broadly ovate, glaucous beneath and drying black above. Flowers are axillary, small, greenish-yellow to pink. Male flowers are in few flowered fascicles whereas female flowers are solitary. Perianth of 6 persistant lobes. Fruit is a globose schizocarpic capsule that is red when ripe.
Habit : Shrub
Flower, Fruit : February-April; April onwards
Comments : On hill plains, in wastelands and scrub jungles to 1000 m. A low altitude replacement of B.retusa.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Throughout Eastern Ghats
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, South-East Asia, China, Malesia, Ryukyu Islands
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District ; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipal, Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Breynia vitis-idaea. Downloaded on 7 June 2025.