Hartho / Bushweed
Flueggea leucopyrus
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra & more
How to identify Hartho
Identify Hartho by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small white berries.
- Confirm leaf arrangement: Alternate.
- Confirm leaf shape: Obovate.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Solitary.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Phyllanthaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hartho.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Flueggea leucopyrus
- Genus
- Flueggea
- Family
- Phyllanthaceae
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Goa, Puducherry
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“Its leaves are alternate, obovate to elliptic, and measure up to 2.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf shape
- ObovaterecordedEgg-shaped but broader near the tip rather than the base.“Its leaves are alternate, obovate to elliptic, and measure up to 2.5 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hartho itself; the rest are typical of the Phyllanthaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“Male flowers are greenish-yellow and clustered in axillary fascicles, while female flowers are solitary.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hartho itself; the rest are typical of the Phyllanthaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Hartho
- Sanskrit
- Bhuriphali
- Tamil
- Pulugudu, Vellaipoola
- Malayalam
- Perimklavu
- Marathi
- Pandharphali, पांढरफळी
- Sinhala
- Katupila
About Hartho
Bushweed (Flueggea leucopyrus) belongs to the Phyllanthaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and 9 other states.
Uses
In practice it is long used in traditional medicine and a source of dye or tannin. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Phyllanthaceae
Hartho belongs to the Phyllanthaceae family.
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