Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd.

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🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Diasperus emblicoides (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
synonym	Diasperus polyphyllus (Willd.) Kuntze
synonym	Phyllanthus emblicoides Müll.Arg.

🗒 Common Names

Malayalam	Karuttunelli Kilarannelli
Other	Sirunelli Siru Nelli' (Meaning Small Amla)
Tamil	Sirunelli

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Along margin of dry evergreen forests up to 1200 m.

B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Attributions	B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors	ayyappan Narayanan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
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References

Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub to Small Tree

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Description

Habit

Deciduous trees, up to m tall.

Trunk\bark

Bark brownish grey, smooth; blaze greenish.

Branchlets

Young branchlets angular to subterete, glabrous.

Leaves

Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipule lateral, persistent; petiole ca. 0.1 cm long, glabrous; lamina 1-1.5 x 0.3-0.5 cm, oblong, apex obtuse with mucronate tip, base asymmetric and truncate, margin thick and revolute, coriaceous, glaucous beneath, glabrous; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 6-8 pairs; tertiary nerves brodly reticulate or obscure.

Flowers

Inflorescence axillary cymes or solitary; flowers unisexual, whitish.

Fruit& seed

Capsule, smooth, trilocular, obovoid, purplish black; seeds 6.

B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Attributions	B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors	ayyappan Narayanan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Shrubs, up to 3 m high; branches terete, woody, branchlets at base sometimes puberulous. Leaves 1.4 x 0.35 cm, linear-oblong, obtuse at base and at apex, apiculate, entire at margin, subsessile; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, faint; stipules lanceolate, minute. Male flowers; at proximal axils, glomerulate; pedicels ca 2 mm long, filiform; calyx 6-lobed; lobes oblong-obtuse, ca. 1.8 x 0.7 mm, free, greenish-white; disk 6-glandular, glands globose, margin crenulate; stamens united in a column, filaments connate, 1.5 mm long; anthers oblong, longitudinally dehiscent. Female flowers: at distal axils, solitary; pedicels to 2.5 mm long; calyx 6-lobed; lobes oblong-obtuse, ca. 3.5 x1.5mm; disk annular, crenulate; ovary ca. 2 mm; styles 3, basally connate, above free, 1-2 mm long, each bifid at apex and reflexed. Capsules ca 5 mm; seeds trigonous, ca. 3 x 1.5 mm, minutely tuberculate.

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Habit: Shrub/Small tree

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors	D. Narasimhan G Renu Sanjana Julias Thilakar
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Habit: A small deciduous tree, upto 6m.

Keystone Foundation

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Contributors	Keystone Foundation
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

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📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

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📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Flowering and fruiting: February-June

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Growth Form

Tree

Flower

In axillary cluster or solitary; yellow, minute. Flowering from December-February.

Fruit

A 3-valved capsule, 4mm across, green; seeds triquetrous. Fruiting February onwards.

Field tips

Leaves oblong, obtuse or distinctly apiculate; main nreves 6-8 pairs.

Leaf Arrangement

Alternate-spiral

Leaf Type

Simple

Leaf Shape

Oblong

Leaf Apex

Obtuse or apiculate

Leaf Base

Rounded

Leaf Margin

Entire

Keystone Foundation

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Contributors	Keystone Foundation
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Look Alikes

Physiology

Ecology

Along margin of dry evergreen forests up to 1200 m.

B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Attributions	B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors	ayyappan Narayanan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors	G Renu Sanjana Julias Thilakar D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Rocky areas in semi-evergreen forests

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Distribution

Description

India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- Agasthyamalai.

B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.

Attributions	B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors	ayyappan Narayanan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Kerala: Kollam Tamil Nadu: All districts

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

Attributions	G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
Contributors	Sanjana Julias Thilakar G Renu D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Global Distribution

India and Sri Lanka

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam

Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi

Attributions	Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors	D. Narasimhan
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Found along the ravines and deciduous forests from plains to 900m. Common. Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.

Keystone Foundation

Attributions	Keystone Foundation
Contributors	Keystone Foundation
Status	UNDER_CREATION
Licenses	CC_BY
References

Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

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📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Protection Legal Status

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📚 Uses and Management

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📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 586. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 290. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1288(901). 1925; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 333. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 293. 1997; Preetha & Binoj Kumar, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 451. 2007; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 379. 2007.

Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

Information Listing > References

Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 586. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 290. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1288(901). 1925; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 333. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 293. 1997; Preetha & Binoj Kumar, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 451. 2007; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 379. 2007.
Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

Arborescent Angiosperms of Mundanthurai Range in the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR) of the southern Western Ghats, India

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Field Assessments in the Moyar Area

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🐾 Taxonomy

Root	Root
Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Equisetopsida C. Agardh
Order	Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
Family	Phyllanthaceae
Genus	Phyllanthus
Species	Phyllanthus polyphyllus Willd.

📊 Temporal Distribution

📷 Related Observations

👥 Groups

India Biodiversity Portal

TreesIndia

The Western Ghats

PlantsIndia