Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (SPURGE FAMILY)
  • Family (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Species : Phyllanthus polyphyllus
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd.
  • Common name : Wild Gooseberry
  • Vernacular name : Krishna nelli (Kan.); Sirunelli (Tam.)
  • Key identification features : A glabrous small native tree growing in dry places with short leafy branchlets which are 2-6 inches long. Leaves are oblong, obtuse with a short terminal point. Flowers are small (less than 0.5 cm), pretty and occur in leaf axils, either solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3, both male and female being produced on the same plant. Fruit resembles a gooseberry except that it is small in size (0.5 cm). Bark is brown and smooth.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Flower, Fruit : December-August
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Comments : Often on foothills up to 900 m in hill forests.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Tamil Nadu State; Kurnool district, Guntur district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State)
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Pullaiah, T & Ali Moulali, D., 1997. Flora of Andhra Pradesh. Vol. 2
  • 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=Phyllanthus polyphyllus. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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