Phyllanthaceae FAMILY
Phyllanthus pentandrus
Phyllanthus pentandrus
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Phyllanthus pentandrus is a delicate, erect or decumbent annual or short-lived, perennial plant; it can grow up to 60cm tall. The stem is little-branched at first, but later becomes much-branched and more or less woody at the base[ 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 harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeAfrica - widespread from Mauritania and Senegal to Ethiopia, south to S. Africa.
HabitatSandy localities, sometimes amongst stones and rocks, on banks of rivers and dams; dry river beds and lakeside dunes; Brachystegia and mopane woodlands; miombo woodland; grassland and dambos; often as a weed of cultivated and disturbed ground[ 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. ].