Phyllanthaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Phyllanthus ciccoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllanthus ciccoides is a shrub or a tree that can grow up to 10 metres tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials. It is grown as a living fence and plant support. Phyllanthus ciccoides is widespread and assumed to be abumdant. There may be some local threats to the species and its habitat but no major, specific threats are identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2021)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, northern Australia to the Solomon Islands, New Caledonia and Vanuatu

HabitatDisturbed montane rain forest, tall secondary forest, garden regrowth, and in Imperata grass infested sites, on stream banks and in steep hill forest; at elevations up to 1,900 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].