Phyllanthus parvifolius Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Diasperus parvifolius (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phyllanthus parvifolius Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Subtropical and warm broad-leaved forest; 800 - 2400 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : On shady banks near water, and on limestone rocks
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, 1 2.5 m high; branches upright, slender, chocolate; Leaves obovate, elliptic or obovate-elliptic, glaucous beneath; Flowers axillary, solitary or in fascicles, purplish; Capsules globose, purplish.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-October
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : Darjeeling district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Siang, Subansiri
  • Native : Nepal
  • World Distribution : Nepal
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 216
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 775
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 380
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phyllanthus parvifolius. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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.