Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH264 : Phyllanthus fraternus G.L.Webster

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 471

Synonym : Phyllanthus fraternus subsp. togoensis Jean F.Brunel & J.P.Roux; Phyllanthus lonphali Benth., nom. nud.;

Plant Common Name : Gulf Leaf-Flower, bhui-amla, hazarmani, bhuinanvalah, hajarmani, kanocha, kirunelli, nelanelli, kiizhaarnelli, chakpa-heikru, bhuiavali, mithi-sunhlu, bhumyamalaki, tamalaki,kila-nelli, nela usiri

Plant Family : Euphorbiaceae

Description : Herbs, annual, monoecious, 1–4 dm; branching phyllanthoid. Stems: main stems angled, not winged, glabrous; ultimate branchlets subterete, narrowly winged, ± scabridulous. Leaves on main stems spiral, scalelike; stipules not auriculate, pale green to nearly white. Leaves on ultimate branchlets distichous, well developed; stipules not auriculate, pale green to nearly white; blade elliptic-oblong, 6–11 × 3–5 mm, base cuneate to obtuse, apex rounded, both surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences cymules or flowers solitary, unisexual, proximal with 2–3 staminate flowers, distal with 1 pistillate flower. Pedicels: staminate 0.2–0.5 mm, pistillate spreading in fruit, 1.3–2 mm. Staminate flowers: sepals 6, white to pale yellow, flat, 0.4–0.7 mm; nectary extrastaminal, 6 glands; stamens 3, filaments connate throughout. Pistillate flowers: sepals 6, green with broad white margins, flat, (1–)1.2–1.5 mm, 1-veined; nectary annular, 6–9-lobed. Capsules 2.1 mm diam., smooth. Seeds uniformly brown, 0.9–1.1 mm, longitudinally ribbed. Flowering and fruiting year-round.

Plant Location in Melghat : Old walls, inriver beds and fields

Medicinal Use / Activity : The leaves are strongly diuretic. A decoction is drunk to facilitate childbirth, and against oedema, costal pain and fever. In Sudan the leaves are given against dysentery. The young leaves are given to children as a treatment for coughs and hiccups. A plant extract is reported to be strongly diuretic and is taken to allay spasms, such as griping in dysentery. The plant is also used as a laxative and to treat gonorrhea, dropsy, Diarrhea and malaria. The plant extract is applied externally to treat skin infections. The plant sap is applied to treat bruises, sores and ulcers, and mixed with oil against ophthalmia and conjunctivitis. The fruits are used in the treatment of ulcers, wounds, sores, scabies, ringworm and other skin problems.

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: phyllanthin; olean-18-en-3cx-l;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242442520 - http://www.tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Phyllanthus+fraternus - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230739 - https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gulf%20Leaf_Flower.html - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281872101

Reference : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID :

Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Euphorbiales
Family : Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family
Genus : Phyllanthus L. - leafflower
Species : Phyllanthus fraternus

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