Herbarium JCB

Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : PHYLLANTHACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Phyllanthus maderaspatensis L.
Vernacular name : Madrasa nelli (Kannada)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Moist and dry deciduous forests, scrub jungles, also in the plains and agricultural fields
Comments / notes : Often in plains to 1000m, in fallow fields, cleared or arable land and also in moist localities
Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Guntur district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district, West Godavari district
- Telangana : Nizamabad district
- Karnataka : All Districts
- Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Akola district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Puri district, Ganjam district, Khurda district
- Tamil Nadu : All districts of Tamil Nadu
World Distribution : Tropical Africa, Arabia, Sri Lanka, India, China, Java, Australia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; 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; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District; Saldanha, C.J. (1996). Flora of Karnataka vol. 2. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 – Flora of Bangalore District; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga District; Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phyllanthus maderaspatensis. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.