Phyllanthaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Phyllanthus matitanensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllanthus matitanensis is a shrub, sometimes with a climbing habit, usually growing around 80 - 300cm tall[ 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. , 2088 Title Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands I: synopsis and subgenera Is Publication Kew Bulletin Vol 66, 331-265, 2011 Author Ralimanana H. & Hoffmann P. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. Phyllanthus matitanensis has a large area of occurrence in Madagascar. Even though it occurs within protected areas, it experiences decline in parts of its range due to habitat destruction by annual wildfire and mining. At present the plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2015)[ 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 RangeAfrica - northern and eastern Madagascar.

HabitatMore or less open, humid forests, forest margins, secondary scrub, along paths and on calcareous rock and laterite; at elevations from 10 - 1,400 metres[ 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. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. , 2088 Title Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands I: synopsis and subgenera Is Publication Kew Bulletin Vol 66, 331-265, 2011 Author Ralimanana H. & Hoffmann P. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ].