Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Breynia fruticosa

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Breynia fruticosa is a shrub or a small tree growing up to 5 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. , 446 Title Flora of Thailand - Rubiaceae Publication Author Website http://homepage.univie.ac.at/christian.puff/FTH-RUB/FTH-RUB_HOME.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Part of the Flora of Thailand project. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and food.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Thailand, Vietnam.

HabitatThe understorey of mixed evergreen or deciduous forest, dry Dipterocarp forest, scrub vegetation, forest margins, roadsides, open rocky places and along rivers on various soils, at elevations from 300 - 1,300 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. , 446 Title Flora of Thailand - Rubiaceae Publication Author Website http://homepage.univie.ac.at/christian.puff/FTH-RUB/FTH-RUB_HOME.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Part of the Flora of Thailand project. ].