Kale Madhu Ka Per / Potato-Smell
Phyllanthus reticulatus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- June-March
How to identify Kale Madhu Ka Per
Identify Kale Madhu Ka Per by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Entire (smooth edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kale Madhu Ka Per.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phyllanthus reticulatus
- Genus
- Phyllanthus
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Foothills of forests, stream banks, moist places in deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, South China, Malesia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Puducherry, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Entire (smooth edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Kale Madhu Ka Per 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 Kale Madhu Ka Per itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- काले मधु का पेड़ Kale madhu ka per, माषी Makhi, Panjuli
- Bengali
- panjuli
- Tamil
- சிவப்புப்பூலா civappu-p-pula, கருநெல்லி karu-nelli, காட்டுக்கீழாநெல்லி kattu-k-kila-nelli
- Kannada
- ಕರಿಹುಳಿ karihuli
- Malayalam
- നീര്നെല്ലി nirnelli, നീരോലി ചെടി
- Marathi
- पाणजुळी panjuli, पानपोई panpoi, पवारी pavari
About Kale Madhu Ka Per
Potato-smell (Phyllanthus reticulatus) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat and 17 other states. It grows in foothills of forests, stream banks, moist places in deciduous forests and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to March.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Kale Madhu Ka Per belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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