About Potato-smell
Phyllanthus reticulatus is a plant species described Jean Louis Marie Poiret; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae. The species is native to tropical Asia, New Guinea, northern Australia, and the Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands. It has been introduced to Jamaica. It has been confused with P. polyspermus. In Vietnamese its name is phèn đen (sometimes diệp hạ châu mạng). It is also found in Northern Australia, where the aborigines of the Moyle River area use the wood for firesticks and call it Mirrinymirriny. It is also found in abundance in the Terai areas of Uttar Pradesh (India) along the banks of ponds, which is called Sikati / Sikti सिकटी/सिक्टी in the local language.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Potato-smell belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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