Phyllanthaceae FAMILY
Phyllanthus hutchinsonianus
Phyllanthus hutchinsonianus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Phyllanthus hutchinsonianus is a usually much-branched perennial plant with stems that become more or less woody and can persist; it can grow from 50 - 250cm tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.
HabitatMontane grassland usually in the shelter of rocks, on rocky slopes and beside streams, also in evergreen forest margin understorey, on edge of kloof forest and gallery forest; at elevations from 1,200 - 2,500 metres[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description 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. ].