Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Phyllanthus sepialis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllanthus sepialis is an open-branched shrub that can be up to 5 metres tall but is more usually around 1.5 metres tall[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania.

HabitatForest margins; bushland; extending into drier areas mainly along rivers; deciduous woodland, usually with Acacia; in well drained soils; Combretum woodland in gully; eroded hillside with Terminalia brownii woodland[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].