Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Phyllanthus muellerianus

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllanthus muellerianus is a deciduous or evergreen shrub with numerous, more or less straggling stems from the base and sometimes with a climbing habit; it also sometimes becomes more tree-like in habit. It can grow up to 12 metres tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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. ]. A multipurpose plant, it is widely used medicinally and also provides food and various materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Sudan, Uganda and Kenya, south to Angola, Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique.

HabitatRiverine vegetation and fringing forest; dry evergreen forest and thicket (mateshi); high rainfall miombo and chipya woodlands; also in swamp forest (mushitu); dambo edges; tall grassland; at elevations from sea level to 1,750 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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. ].