Clicked this erect herb at Matheran on last Sunday, requesting for valid ID.
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Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.
Some earlier relevant feedback:
... species of Phyllanthus. |
Dinesh, the size of the flower must be 3-4 mm and leave not above 2 Cms., it was (the plant) was somehow around 1 foot in height. - from Rajesh ji. |
It may be Phyllanthus virgatus (= P. simplex). Regards Vijayasankar Raman |
Vijayasankar ji, I think P. virgatus fruits hang by long slender stalks ... please correct if wrong. |
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Very good point Dinesh ji. Let's await for more responses. Regards Vijayasankar Raman |
It is Phyllanhus simplex.
Phyllanthus simplex Retz., Observ. Bot. 5: 29. 1789; Müll.Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15(2): 391. 1866; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 295. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1289. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 902. 1957). Macraea oblongifolia Wight, Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 5(2): 27, t. 1902, f. 1. 1852. Phyllanthus simplex var. oblongifolius(Wight) Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 32. 1863 & in DC., Prodr. 15 (2): 391. 1866; Hook.f., l. c. 295. 1887. P. virgatus auct. non G.Forst., 1786: Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. Addit. Ser. 9: 98. 1992.
var. simplex
Asm.: Bon-babri; Guj.: Motibhonyaanmali; Mar.: Bhuiavali; Sans.: Tandameral; Tel.: Uchchiyusirika.
Herbs, annual or perennial, up to 20 cm high.
Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.
Distrib. India: Common weed in waste places, cultivated fields, roadsides, riverbanks, grasslands, forest undergrowth, up to 1500 m altitude; almost throughout the country including Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Sri Lanka (and India) to SE. Asia, S. China, Indo-China and Malesia.