Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Phyllanthus leucanthus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllanthus leucanthus is an erect annual to perennial plant with stems that can become more or less woody and persist. It can grow up to 90cm 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 harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Gabon, DR Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

HabitatUsually in shady places in dense riverine and lakeshore vegetation, high rainfall miombo woodland and evergreen forest margins; also in dambos; plateau and submontane grasslands; disturbed and cultivated ground at elevations from 520 - 1,645 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. ].