About Bishop Wood
Breynia retusa is a species of plant in the family Phyllanthaceae.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Breynia retusa
- Genus
- Breynia
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Nepali
- सानों नुन ढिकी Sano Nun Dhiki
- Kannada
- ಅಸನ Asana, ಬಿಳೀಸುಲಿ Bilisuli, ಗೋಜೆ Goje
- Malayalam
- പെരുംനിരൂരി Perunniruri, പെരുംനിരൂരി, Breynia retusa
- Marathi
- डाळफोडी Dalfodi, कंगळी Kangali, डाळफोडी
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Bishop Wood belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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