Kale Madhu Ka Per / Potato-Smell
Phyllanthus reticulatus
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Telangana, Gujarat & more
- Flowering
- June-March
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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