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Phyllanthus fraternus
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Phyllanthus fraternus

Phyllanthus fraternus

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

Plant-extracts are poisonous to fish and frogs[1]. Saponins are present but, however, no record has been seen of the plant’s use as a fish-poison, though very strong molluscicidal activity is reported from the root[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual
Growth—

The plant tolerates dry conditions but does not survive in waterlogged conditions[2]. A widespread weed of roadsides, cultivated land and waste places[2, 1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phyllanthus+fraternus>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
  2. [2]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
  3. [3]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.