Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Breynia vitis-idaea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Breynia vitis-idaea is a shrub or small tree, sometimes adopting a more or less climbing habit, growing up to 5 metres tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 446 Title Flora of Thailand - Rubiaceae Publication Author Website http://homepage.univie.ac.at/christian.puff/FTH-RUB/FTH-RUB_HOME.htm Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Part of the Flora of Thailand project. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for its use in traditional medicine[ 327 Title Euphorbiaceae of Malesia Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/euphorbs/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An online resource that is still being developed, it gives detailed botanical descriptions of plants in the family Euphorbiaceae found growing in Malesia (the region from Peninsual Malaysia through Indonesia, the Philippines). ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern China, Indian subcontinent through tropical Asia to Indonesia.

HabitatMontane slopes and scrub at elevations of 100 - 1,000 metres in southern China[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ]. Forest edges and clearings in evergreen forest, mangrove, swamp forest, bamboo thickets, along rivers and roads and near the beach, up to 800 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].