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Limpopo, South Africa
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Phyllanthus calycinus or False Boronia grows in the south west of Western Australia and flowers June through to January. A delightful plant to see.
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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HamePhyllanthaceaeEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsOahu (Cultivated)New leaves (liko) are bronze or reddish. Medicinally, early Hawaiians chewed and swallowed the leaves for vomiting spells. The bark, mixed with other plants, was used as a wash for ulcers and scrofulous sores.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Antidesma_pulvinatum
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Punda Maria, Limpopo, South Africa
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Family: PhyllanthaceaeDistribution: A common weed of plains in tropics. Photographed at Nellore.The famous bhuaamla . This herb is used for the treatment of Jaundice and to disolve urinary sones. it is the dorsal view of the branch.Reference: Flora presidency of Madras by Gamble.
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Family: PhyllanthaceaeDistribution: Native of East Asia. Common in India in all plains, in the forest undergrowth along moist shady localities . Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore dist.A.P. Dorsal view of the twig. Description: Annual or perennial erect herbs up to 30cm tallLeaves variable in size, distichousFlowers monoecious, axillary. Male flowers 2-4 together Female flower solitary on the axils of leaves on the abaxial side of branchlets; larger up to 3mm across; sessile; perianth lobes 6, greenish whiteFruit: Capsule, reddish brown in color, 2-3mm across, 6 seeded, pericarp verucose with 6 faint vertical lines. Seed: Trigonous, ca1-1.2mm long, dark brown, prominently transversely ridged and with faint cross bars on the rounded back side. Reference: Flora of Presidency of Madras by J.S.Gamble.
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These are small plants often overlooked. I love the chrystaline look of the calyx here in the buds. "Poranthera is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1811.[3][4]It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.[5] Its closest relative is Pseudophyllanthus.Poranthera is native to Australia and New Zealand.[2] The name is derived from the Greek word, poros, "opening or pore", and the Latin word anthera, "anther".[3][6]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poranthera
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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Indian gooseberry (Phyllanthus emblica) (Nelli () in Sinhala) The tree is small to medium in size, reaching 8 to 18 m in height, with a crooked trunk and spreading branches.The fruit is nearly spherical, light greenish yellow, quite smooth and hard on appearance, with six vertical stripes or furrows. Ripening in autumn, the berries are harvested by hand after climbing to upper branches bearing the fruits.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllanthus_emblica
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A flower of Glochidion ellipticum from Euphorbiaceae. This plant is considered to be endemic to the Western Ghats.
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Uapaca
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Uapaca kirkiana on the way up to Mount Tsetserra in Mozambique. Fruits are very sweet and can be made into a good quality wine.
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Limpopo, South Africa
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MhamehamePhyllanthaceae (Phyllanthus family)Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (northwest Kauai, Waianae Mts. on Oahu, southwest slope of Haleakal on East Maui, Kona Coast on Hawaii Island, extinct on Molokai)IUCN: Critically EndangeredPhoto: Oahu (Cultivated)Female (pistillate) flower. Mhamehame is one of the rarest trees in Hawaii. It is also one of the largest, growing to 100 feet (30 m) tall and over 6 feet (3 m) in diameter.Early Hawaiians used the very hard wood to make weapons.The main cause in their declining numbers is due to the black twig borer (Xylosandrus compactus).
nativeplants.hawaii.edu
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Phyllanthus calycinus or False Boronia grows in the south west of Western Australia and flowers June through to January. A delightful plant to see.
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Wog Wog, New South Wales, Australia
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Punda Maria, Limpopo, South Africa
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These are small plants often overlooked. I love the chrystaline look of the calyx here in the buds. "Poranthera is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1811.[3][4]It is one of eight genera in the tribe Poranthereae.[5] Its closest relative is Pseudophyllanthus.Poranthera is native to Australia and New Zealand.[2] The name is derived from the Greek word, poros, "opening or pore", and the Latin word anthera, "anther".[3][6]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poranthera
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Family: PhyllanthaceaeOccurrence and Distribution: It is a native of Madagascar and cultivated in gardens and in villages through out India for fruit.Description: A deciduous tree, 5-8mts high with robust branches and slender leafy branches. Leaves pinnately distichous, 30-50cm, Leaflets 5-8x 2.53.5cm obliquely ovate, acute, alternately arranged on the rachis. pale beneath, stipulate. Flowers, pinkish, minute, densely clustered in axillary slender racemes arising from nodes along the branches. Calyx 4, petals 0, stamens 4 filaments free. Disk of males of large glands, of females annular, crenate. Fruits globose fleshy,1-2cm across, green, 6-8 grooved 1-seeded,highly sour, hanging throughout the season. Vernacular names: Sanskrit: Lavaliphala, Hindi: Harfarauri, Tamil: Aranelli, Telugu: Raacha usiri, Bengali: Hariphal. English:Otaheite gooseberry;