Phyllanthus narayanswamii Gamble

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Phyllanthaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phyllanthus narayanswamii Gamble
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Among rocks in grasslands in deciduous forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional on rocks up to 1400m.
  • Key identification features : Leaves elliptic, obtuse, apiculate with 4-5 prominent nerves. Male flowers sub-sessile, female flowers pedicellate. Capsule glandular.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-February
  • Collector(s) Name : Raja K. Swamy, Arun Singh, K. Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 26/11/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0201
  • Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Vishakapatnam district
    • Kerala : Idukki district
  • Native : India
  • Endemism : Peninsular India
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature :
    • Sankar,R.V., R. Kottaimuthu & K. Ravikumar (2009). Additions to the flora of Sirumalai Hills, Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1(7): 379-381
    • Pullaiah & Ali Moulali, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, Vol. 2
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phyllanthus narayanswamii. Downloaded on 8 December 2024.

Herbarium Specimen(s)

Field Image(s)

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.