Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Phyllanthus leucocalyx

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllanthus leucocalyx is an erect, annual to short-lived perennial plant usually growing 10 - 45cm tall, occasionally to 100cm[ 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. , 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.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - ?Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique.

HabitatOpen or rocky, generally damp, places in a variety of associations; disturbed places; sandy soil, in herbaceous savannah; with grasses and sedges in pools; at elevations from sea level to 1,000 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. , 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. ].