Phyllanthaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Phyllanthus bojerianus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Phyllanthus bojerianus is a slender shrub, sometimes with a climbing habit, and growing around 1.5 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. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a dye. Phyllanthus bojerianus is widespread in Madagascar. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern'[ 2089 Title Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus L. (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands II: subgenera Anisonemoid Publication Adansonia, sér. 3, 36 (2): 265-301, 2014 Author Ralimanana H. & Hoffmann P. Website http:// http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2014n2a9 Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - central, western and southern Madagascar.

HabitatRocky localities at elevations up to 1,600 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. ]. Secondary forests, margin of humid forests, rocky areas, bush, dry forests; at elevations from near sea level:to 1,640 metres[ 2089 Title Taxonomic revision of Phyllanthus L. (Phyllanthaceae) in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands II: subgenera Anisonemoid Publication Adansonia, sér. 3, 36 (2): 265-301, 2014 Author Ralimanana H. & Hoffmann P. Website http:// http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2014n2a9 Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ]