Bhui Aonla / Carry-Me-Seed
Phyllanthus amarus
Also known as Phyllanthus
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phyllanthus amarus
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Degraded moist deciduous forests and forest plantations, also in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest, Cultivated
- Native to
- America
- Distribution
- Tropics
- Found in India
- Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf shape
- EllipticrecordedWidest at the middle, tapering evenly at both ends.“Its thin branches spread out, and each branch has two rows of small, elliptic-oblong leaves of 5-10mm long that are arranged alternately.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhui Aonla itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Bhui Aonla itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- भूई आंवला Bhui aonla, जड़ आमला Jaramla, जंगली अमली Jangli amli
- Bengali
- ভূঈ আমলা Bhui amla
- Tamil
- கீழாநெல்லி keelanelli, கீழ்காய்நெல்லி kizkaynelli
- Telugu
- నేల ఉసిరి nela usiri
- Malayalam
- Kilanelli
- Marathi
- भुईआवळी Bhuiavali
About Bhui Aonla
Carry-me-seed (Phyllanthus amarus) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and 13 other states. It grows in degraded moist deciduous forests and forest plantations, also in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Bhui Aonla belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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